Before June 1967, interracial marriage was illegal in most states in the United States. At that time, there were still 17 states in the country, including most southern states, as well as Texas , Florida, the State of the USA, etc. The most populous states stipulate this.
On June 12, 1967, two days after the death of Spencer Tracy, the Federal Supreme Court ruled in Lowen v. Virginia 388 U.S. 1 (1967), declaring that the anti-interracial marriage laws in all states were unconstitutional and invalid. Completely ended the history of prohibiting interracial marriages in some states of the United States.
When the film was first released, there were two lines: "Guess who's coming to dinner now?" ("Guess who's coming to dinner now?") The answer was a mocking sentence: "Could it be Martin Luther? King ?” ("The Reverend Martin Luther King?") But because Martin Luther King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, this line was deleted from the subsequent movies. By August 1968, almost all This line was omitted from the film played in movie theaters. By 1969, this line was restored in some film copies, but it was retained in the video tapes and DVDs released by the film.
