Bernard Cohen, Lawyer Who Argued Loving V. Virginia Case, Dies At 86
Cohen was just a few years out of law school when the ACLU asked if he would take on the case of Richard and Mildred Loving — an interracial couple whose marriage was illegal in their home state.
Bernard Cohen, who as a young lawyer successfully argued the Supreme Court case that struck down Virginia's ban on interracial marriages, has died at age 86.
Cohen died Monday in Fredericksburg, Va. The cause was Parkinson's disease, his family told NPR.
Cohen was an attorney in Alexandria, Va., just a few years out of law school when the American Civil Liberties Union, where he was a
