What actions did the KKK take against miscegenation after 1967?

Question

Although the racial attitudes of the (third) KKK are well known, I haven't been able to find much about actions, demonstrations or speeches by the KKK against the repeal of anti-miscegenation laws in 1967, or against individual couples in those states. What are some known anti-miscegenation actions, demonstrations or speeches by KKK members or leaders?

Answer 1

1967 was a landmark year in U.S. legal history which up to that point was being struck down in case after case where prior to this period miscegenation (mixed-race marriage) was a serious crime anywhere in the country. However, in the famous 1967 case of Loving v. Virginia, Virginia became the last state to have its miscegenation statutes declared unconstitutional and repealed. Although the query asked about the KKK, it's worth noting, however, it was not the KKK throughout most of U.S. history which outlawed mixed race marriages but rather most state governments in their state criminal codes, Those laws, which specifically outlawed white men or women marrying a black man or woman also made it a crime for any member of the clergy to perform a marriage rite for any mixed race couple, and could and did suffer heavy fines, imprisonment, and had their licences revoked. Couples found guilty of "fornication" as they were usually charged, could be hauled from their homes and sentenced separately with heavy fines and even jailed. You can read more about what miscegenation was, how it was universally treated in the U.S. during much of the 19th century, and meet some of the mixed race couples who survived the social backlash targeting their relationships at my website, "Narratives in Black and White: Historical Profiles of Mixed-Race Couples from the Antebellum and Beyond" at https://alexcolvin.wixsite.com/narratives