You wouldn’t be able to have a white boy on your roster that feeds you pasta and lobster if it wasn’t for Mildred and Richard Loving. Fifty-six years ago on June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that interracial marriage could not be prohibited by state, which meant thousands and even millions of relationships to come could be legally bound.
In honor of it being Loving week, let’s look at the several marriages that were made possible, including those of Ron & Opal Perlman, Jordan Peele & Chelsea Peretti, Paula Patton & Robin Thicke, and Robert De Niro and his marriages to Diahnne Abbott and Grace Hightower and his relationship to Toukie Smith.
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To learn more about these couples, look into the following:
- “Mildred Loving, Who Battled Ban on Mixed-Race Marriage, Dies at 68” by Douglas Martin – https://bit.ly/3Cq45X4
- Easy Street (the Hard Way): A Memoir by Ron Perlman – https://bit.ly/3J9oZ0f
- “Andy Samberg’s Latest Role Is Playing Cupid!” – https://bit.ly/3CpeHFG
- “Robin Thicke working to woo back Paula Patton after split” by Christie D’Zurilla – https://bit.ly/42FQLYZ
- “To hate Robin Thicke you have to know Robin Thicke” by Kelsey McKinney – https://bit.ly/3CmKCpZ
- “Paula Patton Recalls How Meghan Markle Did Calligraphy for Her 2005 Wedding: She Was ‘So Graceful’” by Rachel Paula Abrahamson – https://bit.ly/3qHuPzn
- “‘Willi Smith’ Day Held to Aid Needy N.Y. Groups” – https://bit.ly/42BSjn4
- “Grace Hightower De Niro: The TriBeCa-Rwanda Connection” by Joshua David Stein https://bit.ly/460fUAM
- De Niro: A Life by Shawn Levy – https://bit.ly/3N1aQTZ
- “Goodfella? Badfella?” by Samantha Miller – https://bit.ly/3qCjH77
- “Woman About Town” by James Servin – https://bit.ly/3CoVGD9
