It's the week of Valentine's Day, and it's also Black History Month -- what better time than now to celebrate the beauty of black love? Black love can be beautiful, inspiring, even radical -- from couples like Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee to Will and Jada Smith, it's proof that we can endure and support each other no matter what comes our way.
Below are 21 famous couples who epitomize what makes black love so beautiful:
Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, 1963
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Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee were movie icons and black Hollywood royalty.
Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, 2001
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Davis and Dee were married for 57 years, up until Davis's death in 2005.
Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr., 1956
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After Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is freed from jail under a $2000 appeal bond, he is greeted by his wife Coretta and children, Marty and Yoki, at the airport in Chamblee, Georgia.
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Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr., 1965
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The couple at the culmination of the Selma to Montgomery March on March 25, 1965.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, 1998
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Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, arriving for the European premiere of his film, "Enemy of the State" in 1998. The couple married in 1997.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, 2015
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Smith and Pinkett Smith express their love, 20 years later, at the Los Angeles premiere of "Focus."
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Jay Z and Beyoncé Knowles, 2002
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Jay Z and Beyoncé Knowles during "Spankin' New Music Week" on on MTV's "TRL."
Jay Z and Beyoncé, 2015
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Jay Z and Beyoncé during the 57th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on February 8, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
Remy-Ma and Papoose, 2013
New York rappers Remy-Ma and Papoose married in 2008, while she was serving a a 6-year prison sentence.
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Remy Ma and Papoose, 2014
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The couple in 2014, shortly after Remy-Ma's release from prison.
Nicole Ari Parker and Boris Kodjoe, 2002
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Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker began dating in 2001 after they met on the set of "Soul Food: The Series."
Nicole Ari Parker and Boris Kodjoe, 2015
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The couple has been married since 2005, and have two children together.
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Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance, 1996
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Actors Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance first met in 1980.
Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance, 2015
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The couple, who both starred on FX television series this year, have been married since 1997.
Tisha Campbell-Martin and Duane Martin, 1995
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Actress Tisha Campbell and husband Duane Martin attending the 1st Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards on August 6, 1995.
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Tisha Campbell-Martin and Duane Martin, 2015
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The couple have been married since 1996.
Earlitha 'Cookie' Kelly and Earvin 'Magic' Johnson, 1992
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Earvin "Magic" Johnson, center, wife Cookie and baby Earvin Johnson III, at a basketball game in August 1992. Cookie Johnson famously stood by her husband's side after he revealed he was HIV positive in 1991.
Earlitha 'Cookie' Kelly and Earvin 'Magic' Johnson, 2015
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The couple, married for 28 years, are now HIV awareness advocates and entrepreneurs.
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Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee, 1993
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Director Spike Lee and wife Tonya Lewis Lee attend a Knicks basketball game on May 2, 1993 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee, 2016
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The couple at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 23, in Park City, Utah.
Denzel and Pauletta Washington, 1990
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Denzel Washington and wife Pauletta Washington during the 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards in 1990.
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Denzel Washington and Pauletta Washington, 2015
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The couple arriving at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
Oprah and Stedman, 1989
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Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham attending the 9th Annual National Conference For Women in 1989.
Oprah and Stedman, 2015
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The couple has been together since 1986, and has famously never married.
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Carmelo and Lala Anthony, 2005
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NBA player Carmelo Anthony became engaged on Christmas Day 2004.
Carmelo and Lala Anthony, 2015
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The couple were married by Michael Eric Dyson on July 10, 2010.
Omar and Keisha Epps, 2004
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Omar Epps and Keisha Epps married in 2006.
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Omar and Keisha Epps, 2015
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Keisha is a former member of the R&B group Total.
Rev. Run and Justine Simmons, 2004
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Rev. Run and Justine Simmons have been married since 1994.
Rev. Run and Justine Simmons, 2015
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The couple have three children together, who have appeared on the family's hit MTV reality show "Run's House."
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Shanice Wilson and Flex Alexander, 2003
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Shanice and Flex Alexander have been married since February 14, 2000.
Shanice Wilson and Flex Alexander, 2015
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The couple recently starred in their own reality show on the OWN network, "Flex & Shanice."
Grant and Tamia Hill, 1997
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NBA player Grant Hill and singer Tamia married in 1999, after several years of dating.
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Grant and Tamia Hill, 2016
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The Hills attending the 2016 BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Award Show in Atlanta, Georgia.
Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson, 2005
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Samuel L. Jackson and wife LaTonya Richardson have been married since 1980.
Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson, 2015
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The couple met while Jackson was a student at the prestigious HBCU Morehouse College.
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Gina Torres and Laurence Fishburne, 2000
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Laurence Fishburne and Gina Torres were married at The Cloisters museum in 2002.
Gina Torres and Laurence Fishburne, 2015
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The actors recently played a married couple on the NBC series "Hannibal."
Holly Robinson Peete and Rodney Peete, 1995
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Actress Holly Robinson Peete married Rodney Peete in 1995. The couple have four children.
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Holly Robinson Peete and Rodney Peete, 2016
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Holly Robinson Peete and Rodney Peete attend the 5th Annual NFL Honors at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on February 6, 2016.
Barack and Michelle Obama, 2009
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive at the Neighborhood Ball January 20, 2009 in Washington, D.C., the first of ten inauguration balls.
Barack and Michelle Obama, 2013
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The couple met in 1989 at the law firm Sidley Austin, where she was assigned as a mentor to him during a summer associate program. Famously, their first date was seeing Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing."
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