15 Beautiful Black Celebrity Couples Who Have Been Married for Over 15 Years

Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee Married: 1948 - Feb. 4, 2005 (his death) Duration: 57 years How They Met: The famous actors met while co-starring in the 1946 Broadway play Jeb. Barack and Michelle Obama Married: 1992 - Present Duration: 21 years How They Met: According to The Washington Post, the future president and first lady of the United States met when she was assigned to mentor him while they were associates at the Chicago law firm Sidley Austin. Will and Jada Pinkett Smith Married: 1997 - Present Duration: 16 years How They Met: The rapper-actor and actress met on the set of his television show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, when she auditioned for the role of his character's girlfriend, Lisa Wilkes. She was considered too short, and the role went to actress Nia Long. However, Jada and Will did become friends and began dating in 1995, toward the end of Will's first marriage Grant Hill and Tamia Married: 1999 - Present Duration: 15 Years How They Met: Retired NBA player Grant Hill and singer-songwriter Tamia were connected by legendary singer Anita Baker. In 1996, Baker told Tamia she had the perfect man for her. Baker was apparently right because three years later, the couple wed. And they have been married ever since. Courtney B. Vance and Angela Bassett Married: 1997 - Present Duration: 17 years How They Met: The actors and college sweethearts met while students at the Yale School of Drama, according to blackamericaweb.com Eric Holder and Sharon Malone Married: 1990 - Present Duration: 24 years How They Met: The doctor and future U.S. attorney general met in 1989 at a fundraiser in Washington, D.C., just after Malone moved there to start her medical residency. It must have been love at first sight because three months later they were married. Samuel Jackson and LaTanya Richardson Married: 1980 - Present Duration: 34 years How They Met: The actor wed the actress and former sports channel producer in 1980 after meeting her in a class at Morehouse College. Spike and Tonya Lewis Lee Married: 1993 - Present Duration: 20 years How They Met: The film director and producer met the corporate attorney turned writer and TV producer at a Congressional Black Caucus dinner in 1992. Duane Martin and Tisha Campbell-Martin Married: 1996 - Present Duration: 18 years How They Met: The actors met in 1990 at an audition for the TV pilot Moe's World. Although the show went nowhere, the two of them hit it off and eventually got married in 1996. Joseph 'Rev. Run' and Justine Simmons Married: 1994 - Present Duration: 20 Years How They Met: They first met as teenagers then reconnected after Run's divorce. Al Roker and Deborah Roberts Married: 1995 - Present Duration: 19 years How They Met: The couple met when Roberts joined NBC as a reporter in 1990, where Roker was covering the weather for Weekend Today. Earvin 'Magic' and Earlitha 'Cookie' Johnson Married: 1991 - Present Duration: 23 years How They Met: The NBA legend met his future wife at a party in 1977 when they were college freshmen at Michigan State University. Denzel and Pauletta Washington Married: 1983 - Present Duration: 31 years How They Met: The Oscar-winning actor married actress Pauletta Pearson on June 25, 1983, after meeting on the set of the TV film Wilma. Chris Rock and Malaak Compton-Rock Married: 1996 - Present Duration: 18 years How They Met: According to Essence, the budding comedian and the Howard University graduate met in 1994 after he crashed an awards show with friends. Forest and Keisha Whitaker Married: 1995 - Present Duration: 19 years How They Met: The Oscar-winning actor first met his beautiful bride-to-be, model Keisha Nash, on a movie set. She was cast to play his girlfriend in the action-thriller Blown Away. They soon began dating.

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