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Kim Porter arrives at the #2005 MTV Video Music Awards. RIP KIM🕊️
07/10/2025

Kim Porter arrives at the #2005 MTV Video Music Awards. RIP KIM🕊️

Dorothy Dandridge photographed by Allan Grantfor “Life Magazine” (1954)
07/09/2025

Dorothy Dandridge photographed by Allan Grant
for “Life Magazine” (1954)

Mississippi’s first in*******al bride and groom, ⁣Berta and Roger Mills, enjoying their wedding cake in 1970.⁣⁣“Roger an...
07/09/2025

Mississippi’s first in*******al bride and groom, ⁣Berta and Roger Mills, enjoying their wedding cake in 1970.⁣
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“Roger and Berta Mills, newlyweds, live in a modest apartment, but only a few close friends know its location. They avoid grocery shopping at peak hours. ‘We don’t want to advertise,’ Mills explains. They have no home phone and their mailing address is the law office where Mills works as a clerk. ‘We are trying to remain anonymous to avoid as much hate mail or calls as we can,’ Mills said.⁣
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Despite the problems, Mills, who is white, describes his 11-week marriage to Berta Linson, a black, as ‘a very, very pleasant experience.’ ‘It’s been real smooth. I feel like I’m still on my honeymoon.’⁣
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Roger and Berta get together socially with four other in*******al couples living here, all of whom were married in other states. ‘The whites I know in Jackson are attorneys and some wealthy people,’ Mills said. ‘It would be a step down for them to visit us where we are.’ Despite the problems, Mills said, he regards Mississippi as a ‘pretty good state.’ ‘Things are progressing. I kind of like Jackson and the state but Berta is fed up with the tension.’⁣
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He said she is looking forward to moving to Washington next year when he returns to law school at George Washington University... Although the U.S. Supreme Court long ago ruled that no state could prohibit in*******al marriages, there was a law in Mississippi banning such unions. It was only after the couple experienced considerable publicity and secured a federal court order that the marriage took place in Jackson’s Central United Church. ⁣
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‘Berta hated every minute of it and it caused her a great deal of anguish,’ said Mills. Publicity followed them all the way to Gatlinburg, Tenn., where they honeymooned at the foot of the Smoky Mountains. ‘Everywhere we stopped we saw newspapers carrying stories of the marriage,’ Mills said.”⁣
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Source: The Cincinnati Enquirer on November 26, 1970

Soul Train dancers during a photo shoot for Right On! Magazine (1974)
07/09/2025

Soul Train dancers during a photo shoot for Right On! Magazine (1974)

and together at the 1977 AMA music awards
07/08/2025

and
together at the 1977 AMA music awards

Throwback Couple: Aaliyah & Dame Dash 🤎
07/07/2025

Throwback Couple: Aaliyah & Dame Dash 🤎

TLC Celebration party for Gold record “Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg” 📀🎉 (1992)
07/07/2025

TLC Celebration party for Gold record “Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg” 📀🎉 (1992)

Whitney & Angela Bassett ❤️
07/07/2025

Whitney & Angela Bassett ❤️

Boxing legend Thomas Hearns with actress Lee Benton at the Dodgers celebrity baseball game. (1987)
07/06/2025

Boxing legend Thomas Hearns with actress Lee Benton at the Dodgers celebrity baseball game. (1987)

Whitney Houston, Brandy & TLC backstage at the Kids Choice Awards ✨ (‘95)
07/05/2025

Whitney Houston, Brandy & TLC backstage at the Kids Choice Awards ✨ (‘95)

The Detroit Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School class of 2005 is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year! The C...
07/05/2025

The Detroit Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School class of 2005 is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year!

The Crusaders graduated from Chene Park on June 6, 2005.

The theme this year for the King ‘05s is ‘Casino Royale,’ featuring an opening mixer at Parlay Detroit, a gala complete with casino-style gaming, and a Crusader Classic car show.

What was going on in 2005? Coach Carter was released in theaters. Blade Icewood was killed. Kwame was mayor. The Pistons were back in the NBA Finals. And Jordan Brand introduced the Dub Zero shoe.

If you ever wondered why King people scream “3200,” it’s the address for the school — 3200 East Lafayette.

Michael Jordan & Whitney Houston
07/05/2025

Michael Jordan & Whitney Houston

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