October 22, 2020
Bernard Cohen successfully represented Mildred and Richard Loving, shown in a 1965 file photo, in challenging a Virginia law banning interracial marriage.
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Obituary: Bernard ‘Bernie’ Cohen
Trailblazing attorney dies at 86
In 1963, Bernie Cohen was barely out of law school, practicing on King Street in Alexandria and doing pro bono work for the American Civil Liberties Union.
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