Where are they now? Roger Mills: a groundbreaking marriage.(August 1970: THE YEAR WE WERE BORN: A LOOK BACK AT THE WORLD IN SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE'S FIRST YEAR)(first state-sanctioned interracial marriage in Mississippi)(Brief Article)

Publication: Smithsonian

Publication Date: 01-AUG-05

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"it wasn't like a Guess Who's Coming to Dinner kind of thing," says Roger Mills today, referring to his first meeting with his future in-laws. Mills, who is white, and Berta Linson, who is African-American, were married August 2, the first state-sanctioned interracial couple in Mississippi (though the state...

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