Let's dive into the stories of five remarkable women who were there before their famous husbands were worth knowing. Meet Marguerite Belafonte, Marguerite Simpson, Juanita Hardy Poitier, Anna Murray Douglass, and Kathy Ambush—the first wives of Harry Belafonte, O.J. Simpson, Sidney Poitier, Frederick Douglass, and Clarence Thomas.
I also wonder this question: Why did so many Black male icons of the time initially marry Black women and later shift to white partners? What do you think...?
00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:42 The Wife of Harry Belafonte: Marguerite 00:06:00 The Wife of O.J. Simpson: Marguerite 00:11:12 The Wife of Sidney Poitier: Juanita 00:13:48 The Wife of Frederick Douglass: Anna 00:16:45 The Wife of Clarence Thomas: Kathy 00:20:37 The Reality of The Black Wife
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Aisle Tell You What is a weekly podcast that shares the weddings, marriages, and romances of Black figures throughout time. We bask on these relationships not to be messy but to remind you of the passion in our past and to humanize the people we put on pedestals. Basically, it's all love… Black History.
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