Editing Caroline County, Virginia (section)

===20th century===
While racial segregation was the law under Jim Crow, in many small communities, residents made friendships across racial lines. In 1958, [[Richard and Mildred Loving|Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter]] decided to marry. They went to Washington, D.C., but returned to their home in [[Central Point, Virginia|Central Point]] in this county. Living as a married interracial couple, they challenged state [[miscegenation]] laws. They were soon arrested and charged under the state's anti-miscegenation statute, the [[Racial Integrity Act]] of 1924. Forced to leave the state to avoid jail, they lived in Washington, D.C., for years but wanted to return home; they filed suit against the state's law. Their case reached the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] on appeal, which in 1967 found anti-miscegenation statutes to be unconstitutional in ''[[Loving v. Virginia]]'', based on violating due process and equal rights under the law.

At the southern edge of the county, The Meadow, a plantation originally established in 1810, became a premier facility in the 20th century for breeding, raising and training Thoroughbred racehorses. In 1972, [[Riva Ridge]], raised and trained at The Meadow, won the [[Kentucky Derby]] and the [[Belmont Stakes]], two of the three events of the [[United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|Triple Crown]]. In 1973 [[Secretariat (horse)|Secretariat]], born at The Meadow, won the [[United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|Triple Crown]] for the Chenery family's Meadow Stable.