Courtesy of The Root
Buzzfeed has uncovered a piece of marriage-equality history: a same-sex wedding from 1970. Bonus: the women — Edna Knowles and Peaches Stevens — were both black, and the nuptials were covered by none other than historic African-American publication Jet magazine.
Granted, this wasn’t the usual celebratory wedding profile as much as it was a news piece about what was clearly a novel event of questionable legality. “Bride,” “groom” and “married” are in quotes throughout, and the writer even called the attorney general’s office to inquire about the union
