In the 1970s, the Supreme Court supported civil rights through key decisions that advanced racial equality and protected individual freedoms. Notable cases included Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971), which upheld busing as a means to achieve school desegregation, and Loving v. Virginia (1967), which invalidated laws prohibiting interracial marriage. These rulings reinforced the principle of equal protection under the law and aimed to dismantle systemic discrimination, influencing civil rights progress across the nation.
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