consider this image, which shows jeanne lowe next to a photograph of her and her husband. identify the concepts that jeanne and bill lowe were challenging by trying to get married in 1948.

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consider this image, which shows jeanne lowe next to a photograph of her and her husband. identify the concepts that jeanne and bill lowe were challenging by trying to get married in 1948.

Jeanne and Bill Lowe were challenging the concept of interracial marriage bans by trying to get married in 1948. At that time, California law prohibited interracial marriages, specifically banning marriages between a white person and a black person. Jeanne Lowe was white, and Bill Lowe was black, so they were not allowed to marry in California. To overcome this, they took the train to Washington State, where interracial marriage was allowed, and got married there. Their challenge was against the racial segregation laws and societal norms that barred interracial couples from legally marrying in certain states. A year after their marriage, the California Supreme Court became the first in the nation to strike down interracial marriage bans.