“I feel blessed that we are not unusual anymore,” Mr. Watson said. The Watsons’ marriage certificate marks the occasion in the bureaucratic language of the day — describing him as Negro and her as white. Mrs. Watson worried about what she would face at work if her co-workers knew about the marriage. “They are very aware of how awful the blacks have been treated,” Mrs. Watson said of her children. “Do what we are doing: a lot of thinking ahead of time,” Mr. Watson said.

Source: New York Times June 11, 2017 23:15 UTC