Black Celebrities Who Have Been Married For Over A Decade, And I'm Honestly Jealous Of Their Love

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The erstwhile president and archetypal woman met astatine a instrumentality steadfast successful Chicago successful 1989 and yet went connected their archetypal day aft a batch of hesitation from Michelle and rather a spot of persistence from Barack. By 1991 the brace were engaged, and they got joined connected October 3rd, 1992. 

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The philharmonic duo first met backmost successful 2000 astatine the MTV Spring Break Festival successful Cancun, Mexico, and spent the archetypal twelvemonth and a fractional of knowing 1 different conscionable being friends earlier they went connected their archetypal date. In November 2001, they went nationalist with their narration via a Vanity Fair shoot, yet the mates didn't marque their archetypal reddish carpet debut until 2004. They tied the knot successful a precise backstage ceremonial connected April 4th, 2008. 

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This iconic acting duo first met when they were students astatine the Yale School of Drama backmost successful the aboriginal 1980s. However, it wasn't until astir 14 years later, erstwhile the brace reconnected successful Los Angeles, that they began dating. Courtney and Angela went connected to get joined connected October 12th, 1997. 

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These precocious schoolhouse sweethearts met successful 2002 portion LeBron was inactive playing hoops astatine precocious schoolhouse successful Akron and Savannah was a cheerleader astatine a rival school. He asked Savannah retired to a hoops game, and that's wherever their narration started. In 2004, a twelvemonth aft LeBron went to the league, the mates welcomed their archetypal child. Seven years later, aft welcoming different kid and taking his talents to South Beach, LeBron projected to Savannah successful 2011. The pair married successful a star-studded lawsuit connected September 14th, 2013. 

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The iconic NYC-born and raised brace first met through communal friends successful New York erstwhile they were teens, and she was wholly uninterested successful him. It wasn't until 2008, erstwhile the 2 reconnected connected a collab for a euphony project, that they started talking again and yet started dating aboriginal that aforesaid year. After 2 years of dating, successful May 2010 they announced their engagement and pregnancy. The brace joined connected July 31st, 2010, successful a backstage residence connected the Mediterranean Sea.

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Julius and Viola first met connected the set of the amusement City of Angels in 1999. Since Viola was caller to the Los Angeles area, Julius offered to instrumentality her to Santa Monica Pier, but successful an interrogation with People, Viola stated that idiosyncratic issues she needed to enactment done caused her to beryllium incredibly hesitant. Thankfully, they did extremity up dating, and aft 4 years of increasing their relationship, they tied the knot successful a tiny wedding connected June 23rd, 2003.

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These 2 first met connected the set of a TV movie named Wilma successful 1977, but it wasn't until a twelvemonth aboriginal that they started dating. The brace has a comic communicative astir the retelling of their engagement erstwhile speaking to Access Hollywood. While Denzel remembers lone proposing once, Pauletta had to hilariously acceptable him consecutive and punctual him that she had to diminution not once, but twice. Luckily, things worked out, and the brace were joined connected June 25th, 1983.

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This powerhouse acting mates met for the archetypal time successful 1970, during their assemblage years, arsenic members of the Morehouse-Spelman Players, wherever they performed unneurotic portion Samuel was attending Morehouse and LaTanya was astatine Spelman. Despite moving successful antithetic circles (Samuel was into movies portion LaTanya was into theater), they inactive were capable to kindle a fantastic relationship, and aft a decennary of dating, the mates tied the knot connected August 8th, 1980.

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Dwayne and Gabrielle met successful 2007 erstwhile they were some asked to co-host a Super Bowl enactment — and stayed connected other sides of the room. The brace had wholly antithetic ideas of amusive that nighttime (Gabrielle remembers it arsenic Dwayne holding "Bible study" connected his broadside of the country portion her broadside was the beingness of the party), but it inactive brought the brace together. They made their archetypal nationalist debut successful 2010, and pursuing respective years of dating, narration struggles, and rekindling, they became engaged successful December 2013. The brace got joined connected August 30th, 2014, successful Miami. 

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These 2 journalists met backmost successful 1990 erstwhile Deborah joined Today at NBC as a correspondent. The brace didn't commencement dating until the summertime of 1992, aft Al's separation from his archetypal wife. After agreeing to location beryllium for Deborah portion she attended the Olympics, Al stocked her location with food, near her flowers and a enactment upon her return, and scored his archetypal day wrong a week. By 1994, Al had gotten connected 1 genu and projected to Deborah astatine the Grand Canyon. The mates was joined connected September 16th, 1995. 

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Snoop and Shante met arsenic teens erstwhile they some attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School successful California. They adjacent went to prom and different schoolhouse dances unneurotic close up until their graduation successful 1989. The brace were yet joined connected June 14th, 1997 astatine The Ritz Carlton Hotel successful Marina Del Rey, California. 

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Nnamdi and Kerry mightiness beryllium high-profile successful their careers, but they're incredibly backstage and low-key erstwhile it comes to their relationship. The mates reportedly met successful 2009 while Kerry was performing successful Race on Broadway. The mates continued to day portion remaining adamant astir keeping their narration retired of the nationalist eye. On June 24th, 2013, the duo got married successful a precise intimate and backstage ceremonial successful Idaho. 

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Ayesha and Steph are different brace who met erstwhile they were just young teenagers backmost successful 2003. She recalls him arsenic "the cute lad astatine religion that each of the girls were obsessed with." The mates reconnected successful 2008 erstwhile they were a spot older aft Ayesha moved to Los Angeles and Steph was determination to be the ESPYs. The duo went connected their archetypal day that aforesaid year, and aft 2 years of dating, Steph projected successful July 2010. They joined conscionable a twelvemonth aboriginal connected July 30th, 2011. 

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This brace first met backmost in the precocious 1980s astatine the mall, and Ice Cube was instantly enamored; however, Kimberly was successful a relationship. They reconnected six months aboriginal astatine different store, and that gathering kick-started their romance. They continued to date, and their emotion continued to blossom, yet tying the knot connected April 26th, 1992. 

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Cookie and Magic first met successful 1977 arsenic assemblage freshmen astatine Michigan State during a nighttime out. After the accidental brushwood close earlier wintertime break, the brace had their archetypal day successful 1978 (Magic took her to a steakhouse, but she thought she was headed to the nearest Arby's). Over the people of the adjacent 13 years, Cookie and Magic went done galore ups and downs successful their on-again, off-again relationship. It each settled erstwhile the mates recovered their footing and joined successful LA connected September 14th, 1991. 

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Boris's and Nicole's emotion communicative starts connected the set of the Showtime play Soul Food in the aboriginal 2000s. They remained friends and coworkers astatine first, but aft play 2 of the amusement came around, they made it official. The brace dated for a fewer years until they got joined successful his hometown of Gundelfingen, Germany, connected May 21st, 2005. 

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Although Norman is simply a retired hoops player, he met Debbie successful 1979 while connected the acceptable of The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, wherever they some acted, and Debbie choreographed arsenic well. After filming the movie, they remained successful interaction implicit the years and yet began dating. The brace went connected to settee down connected April 27th, 1984. 

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Although the details of their narration person ever been alternatively private, we bash cognize that Pam and Morris met during a nighttime retired successful an Atlanta nine successful the aboriginal '90s. Morris told Essence in 2020, "When I met my wife, determination were a batch of qualities I was paying attraction to." Well, those qualities indispensable person been precisely what helium was looking for due to the fact that the brace wed successful 1995. 

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This pair met successful 1987 successful their hometown of Queens, New York, done LL's friend, who besides happened to beryllium Simone's cousin. After gathering Simone, the brace started kindling a romance that has present spanned decades. Just astir 2 years later, they were welcoming their archetypal child. After 4 years together, they welcomed their 2nd kid successful 1991, and connected August 7th, 1995, LL and Simone tied the knot. 

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This iconic mates fittingly met backmost successful September 1992 successful Washington, D.C., astatine a Congressional Black Caucus dinner, wherever they were besides screening a trailer for his movie Malcolm X. Spike elaborate that aft seeing her astatine the lawsuit for the archetypal time, helium felt arsenic if clip stopped. He luckily was capable to get her fig astatine the event, and the brace wasted nary clip due to the fact that little than a twelvemonth aft meeting, they got joined successful New York City connected October 2nd, 1993. 

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Although they aren't technically married, arsenic 1 of the astir notable Black relationships successful Hollywood, it would beryllium a full shame not to see Stedman and Oprah. The brace met back successful 1986 astatine a foundation lawsuit and started dating months later. While they did get engaged successful 1992, they called it disconnected successful '93, agreeing that if they had tied that marital knot, they astir apt wouldn't person lasted. Now 33 years since they ended their engagement — they're inactive happily unmarried together.