Seventy years after Jim Crow laws blocked a Black woman from trying on wedding dresses, she finally was able to fulfill her dream at age 94.
Martha Tucker, 94, fulfills her dream of trying on a wedding dress 70 years after Jim Crow laws forbid her from entering a bridal store.
In 1975, her husband died, leaving behind four children. Although she never remarried, she always kept her dream wedding dress in mind.Tucker was watching one of her favorite movies, "Coming to America," when she whispered that dream, and one of her granddaughters, Angela Strozier, heard it.This content is not available due to your privacy preferences.Strozier, along with some family members, decided to set up an appointment at a local David's Bridal store.
“When I heard her story, that made it all the more special,” Mary Adams, a bridal stylist at David’s Bridal, told With help from Adams, Tucker picked out a V-neck, shear-sleeved wedding dress with a crystal-beaded waistband.Strozier said her family, store staff and other brides gathered around to support the women who was once denied a dress because of her race.
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