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Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, 1963
Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee were movie icons and black Hollywood royalty. Here, they pose in front of their movie poster at the opening night gala for their film “Gone Are the Days!” at the Trans-Lux East Theater on September 23, 1963.
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Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, 2001
Davis and Dee were married for 57 years, up until Davis’s death in 2005.
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Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr., 1956
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is welcomed with a kiss by his wife Coretta after leaving court in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 22, 1956. King was found guilty of conspiracy to boycott city buses in a campaign to desegregate the bus system, but a judge suspended his $500 fine pending appeal.
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Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr., 1965
The couple at the culmination of the Selma to Montgomery March on March 25, 1965.
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Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, 1998
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, arriving for the European premiere of his film, “Enemy of the State” in 1998. The couple married in 1997.
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Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, 2015
Smith and Pinkett Smith express their love, 20 years later, at the Los Angeles premiere of “Focus.”
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Jay Z and Beyoncé Knowles, 2002
Jay Z and Beyoncé Knowles during “Spankin’ New Music Week” on on MTV’s “TRL.”
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Jay Z and Beyoncé, 2015
Jay Z and Beyoncé during the 57th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on February 8, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
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Remy-Ma and Papoose, 2013
New York rappers Remy-Ma and Papoose married in 2008, while she was serving a a 6-year prison sentence.
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Remy Ma and Papoose, 2014
The couple in 2014, shortly after Remy-Ma’s release from prison.
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Nicole Ari Parker and Boris Kodjoe, 2002
Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker began dating in 2001 after they met on the set of “Soul Food: The Series.”
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Nicole Ari Parker and Boris Kodjoe, 2015
The couple has been married since 2005, and have two children together.
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Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance, 1996
Actors Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance first met in 1980.
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Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance, 2015
The couple, who both starred on FX television series this year, have been married since 1997.
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Tisha Campbell-Martin and Duane Martin, 1995
Actress Tisha Campbell and husband Duane Martin attending the 1st Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards on August 6, 1995.
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Tisha Campbell-Martin and Duane Martin, 2015
The couple have been married since 1996.
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Earlitha ‘Cookie’ Kelly and Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson, 1992
Earvin “Magic” Johnson, center, wife Cookie and baby Earvin Johnson III, at a basketball game in August 1992. Cookie Johnson famously stood by her husband’s side after he revealed he was HIV positive in 1991.
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Earlitha ‘Cookie’ Kelly and Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson, 2015
The couple, married for 28 years, are now HIV awareness advocates and entrepreneurs.
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Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee, 1993
Director Spike Lee and wife Tonya Lewis Lee attend a Knicks basketball game on May 2, 1993 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
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Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee, 2016
The couple at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 23, in Park City, Utah.
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Denzel and Pauletta Washington, 1990
Denzel Washington and wife Pauletta Washington during the 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards in 1990.
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Denzel Washington and Pauletta Washington, 2015
The couple arriving at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
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Oprah and Stedman, 1989
Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham attending the 9th Annual National Conference For Women in 1989.
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Oprah and Stedman, 2015
The couple has been together since 1986, and has famously never married.
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Carmelo and Lala Anthony, 2005
NBA player Carmelo Anthony became engaged on Christmas Day 2004.
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Carmelo and Lala Anthony, 2015
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Omar and Keisha Epps, 2004
Omar Epps and Keisha Epps married in 2006.
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Omar and Keisha Epps, 2015
Keisha is a former member of the R&B group Total.
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Rev. Run and Justine Simmons, 2004
Rev. Run and Justine Simmons have been married since 1994.
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Rev. Run and Justine Simmons, 2015
The couple have three children together, who have appeared on the family’s hit MTV reality show “Run’s House.”
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Shanice Wilson and Flex Alexander, 2003
Shanice and Flex Alexander have been married since February 14, 2000.
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Shanice Wilson and Flex Alexander, 2015
The couple recently starred in their own reality show on the OWN network, “Flex & Shanice.”
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Grant and Tamia Hill, 1997
NBA player Grant Hill and singer Tamia married in 1999, after several years of dating.
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Grant and Tamia Hill, 2016
The Hills attending the 2016 BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Award Show in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson, 2005
Samuel L. Jackson and wife LaTonya Richardson have been married since 1980.
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Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson, 2015
The couple met while Jackson was a student at the prestigious HBCU Morehouse College.
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Gina Torres and Laurence Fishburne, 2000
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Gina Torres and Laurence Fishburne, 2015
The actors recently played a married couple on the NBC series “Hannibal.”
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Holly Robinson Peete and Rodney Peete, 1995
Actress Holly Robinson Peete married Rodney Peete in 1995. The couple have four children.
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Holly Robinson Peete and Rodney Peete, 2016
Holly Robinson Peete and Rodney Peete attend the 5th Annual NFL Honors at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on February 6, 2016.
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Barack and Michelle Obama, 2009
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive at the Neighborhood Ball January 20, 2009 in Washington, D.C., the first of ten inauguration balls.
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Barack and Michelle Obama, 2013
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