(The Root) — Ethel and Eugene Arms have three children, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Now, after 49 years of marriage, the Birmingham, Ala., couple have something they’ve waited on ...

(The Root) — Earnestine Thomas didn’t attend her senior prom before graduating in 1963 from Birmingham, Ala.’s A.H. Parker High School — there wasn’t one. She had planned on attending with friends and ...