Paul Fleisher and his wife, Debra, at their home in Henrico County. The Fleishers have been married since 1975, eight years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws prohibiting interracial marriage in the landmark case Loving v. Virginia.
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Interracial marriages to get added protection under new law
One day in the 1970s, Paul Fleisher and his wife were walking through a department store parking lot when they noticed a group of people looking at them. Mr. Fleisher, who is white, and his wife, who is Black, were used to “the look.” But this time it was more intense.
