Virginia Interracial Few Reflects on 50th Anniversary

Whenever Ted, who’s white, and Julia, who is African United states, very first met in 1969, mixed-race couples often failed to marry

By Lisa Vernon Sparks • Published on 1, 2020 at 9:00 am february

It’s seldom a few can commemorate a golden anniversary, frequently marked after five years of marriage.

Earlier this month Ted and Julia Sethman joined the ranks of these that have — and renewed their vows first manufactured in 1970.

“We never did any such thing for our anniversary,” 75-year-old Julia Sethman stated, though she and hubby Ted, additionally 75, always would speak about doing something.

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“My husband would provide me personally a card, but we never ever did a cruise, or supper or nothing,” she said.

Their union was a unusual event — the Sethmans can be an interracial few. The couple reflected on marriage and some of the adversity they faced during their early years after five decades.

Ted, who is white, and Julia, who is African American, first met in 1969 at a shared friend’s wedding and quickly connected.

After a courtship that is short they received a license through the Hampton Circuit Court and married at Zion Baptist Church on County Street about six months later on.
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