Jidenna Shares Photo Of His Parents’ Wedding 2 Years After US Legalized Interracial Marriage

 Nigerian-American rapper, and singer Jidenna shared a picture of his parents on their wedding day, just two years after the ban on interracial marriage was banned in the US.

The record producer also revealed he wrote “Jungle Fever In honour of their love.

Read his caption:

My parents on their wedding day in 1969, 2 years after the US legalized interracial marriage and 2 years after the infamous summer of love. I wrote the record “Jungle Fever” in honor of their love, which existed in spite of the chaos of their era. I pray you all cultivate love in the midst of our own chaotic era. #lovingday2020

His mum Tama Mobisson, was a Caucasian accountant, and his late dad Oliver Mobisson,was a Nigerian Igbo academic. 

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12th of June is annualy marked as  #LovingDay in the United States of America as it symbolizes a celebration of Richard and Mildred Loving’s successful fight against interracial marriage bans in 1967 The ruling struck down all anti-miscegenation laws remaining in sixteen U.S. states.

You can read about the case of the couple who championed the acceptance of interracial marriage in America HERE or watch it below:

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