Not-so-fun-fact: Alabama didn’t officially legalize interracial marriages until 2000.
With a percentage of 41% who voted against it.“An April 2011 poll of Mississippi Republican primary voters asked “Do you think interracial marriage should be legal or illegal?”. The responses were “Legal” 40%, “Illegal” 46%, and “Not Sure” 14%”
this was 4 years ago
source on the OP
source on teachytv’s addition (1st page, 4th paragraph)