JOHNNY CASH FIRST WIFE WAS BLACK?!?

[@mellinda81]

The more I learn about Vivian, the madder I am about how she was depicted in Walk The Line. What wife wouldn’t be upset having her husband fall in love with another woman, not to mention the countless others along the way? She truly was stunning. Definitely out of Johnny’s league and she was with him when he had nothing.

[@Wareaglegirl9960]

Exactly what I was thinking. June Carter chased after Johnny knowing he was married and she also done drugs with him and was an alcoholic, but they made Vivian out to be hateful and that’s bs!! June Carters son was part of the making of the movie so he was trying to make his mom look so innocent 🙄 I personally didn’t think he or June could sing and Vivian was more beautiful inside and out unlike June

[@valuecalc]

@@Wareaglegirl9960, yes. He really must've wanted his mother to be very sweet, pure, and totally innocent.

[@carolineullrich5988]

Happens every day

[@jessiem276]

Stop your foolishness! You didn't know them.

[@lindaclark9925]

@@jessiem276 agree ; the worldly world does what it wants to take us away from the WORD OF GOD IN THE GOSPELS . stop being ..led by falsehoods. And idolatry of ppl is a sin. I reserve opinion on the cash situations, it's not my place to say. I do like Johnny cash, the artist . I do pray he and his family are saved, also.

[@d0l0might]

This lady was absolutely beautiful and she aged extremely well, despite everything she went through due to other people's bigotry...

[@johntafoya6875]

We can rebuke the spirit of old age . YAHshua (JESUS) Is the SPIRIT of life. On earth as it in heaven. HE WILL RENEW YOU YOUTH AS THE EAGLE.

[@AShroudOfTruth]

Her love for Cash hurt her more than a bunch of ignorant fools back then. Her daughters said she loved Cash until the day she died. In fact they said when their dad died, that their mom said that she didn't think she wanted to be alive with him not in the world. That was the saddest part of her life. When she wrote in her letters to him that she would love him forever, she meant it with all her heart and soul.

[@rosalynbeatty8310]

@@AShroudOfTruth Extreme racial hatred & segregation hurt even 'white' & 'white' appearing people.

[@conniecharley1927]

The way the world came about we all have a way back back black person in our genes. DNA..... tv star had black in her family from way way back.... Broken along the way made the family more white.. she was beautifully woman inside and out. Got to me when she said ....take good care of my Johnny. Beautiful love story..

[@Roxanne_71]

Can we take a moment to recognize how on point her eyebrows were? Not overly exaggerated - She was stunning!

[@vonsuthoff]

Yup. She had one dynamic set of eyebrows! Oddly, that was the first thing I noticed about her, and I'm not known to be an eyebrow man. Lol*

[@sergeantmasson3669]

@@vonsuthoff Roseanne Cash looks much like her mom, Vivian Liberto.

[@vonsuthoff]

@@sergeantmasson3669 ... She sure does! Such natural beauty.

[@noname-by3qz]

Roxanne! I know! I wish I could do that but they've gotten so thin!

[@vovac8915]

Who cares about this bullshit?

[@tarabooartarmy3654]

Vivian was indeed a beautiful woman. Truly stunning, It’s a real shame what he did to her. People romanticize his and June’s love story, but people conveniently forget that it all started with infidelity.

[@blindinglights403]

She's more of a woman then June

[@russelltackett4779]

@@blindinglights403 Lol

[@ComeAtMeHo444]

So true! I always thought to myself what a home wrecker June Carter was! Yet they play it as a great romance! Vivian was the most beautiful woman ever and June Carter could never hold a candle to her!❤❤

[@tarabooartarmy3654]

@@ComeAtMeHo444 Exactly! June was a homewrecker and if she went after my husband like that I’d be on the evening news as they carted me off to prison! 😡 😂 Vivian deserved so much better.

[@danieljonsson6230]

How much do you really know about her?june that is.

[@yourmom-qd9ek]

As a mixed race girl - I can see that Vivian is of mixed heritage. Her lips, and nose and skin look like a black girl (light skinned). She may have been part Italian, but she definitely was mixed. I think she was beautiful either way.

[@LoveandLightHK]

She looks very much Scicilian.

[@duanerichard]

Sicilians legacy involving North Africans which in turn have a legacy involving sub-Saharan africans. So both can be true

[@BartholomewSmutz]

Sicilians have a darker complexion and facial features than Italians further north who often look the same as other Europeans from France or Germany. We have so many Italian immigrants from Sicily and have seen so many in Mafia movies we have an incorrect perception of what a typical Italian looks like.

[@erinlevere6881]

She looks like a light skin black woman.

[@linkin5961]

They did an DNA test and she came back 100% white. Mainly scicillian. But. When they dug into her family history she did have a distant African ancestry. But. No she was not biracial or technically mixed. But they found very distant African ancestry which shows in her features. But. After digging into her ancestry and her DNA. She is racially white or European as well as her parents. The black race doesn't own certain features.

[@cmendoza9255]

She does look striking, a bit of Eartha Kitt and Sophia Loren. Stunning.

[@banjohombre]

Well, she struck ol' Johnny that's for sure.

[@ladygemini5967]

Very

[@kathleenking47]

eartha kitt was biracial, and sophia loren was siclian. earthas daughter looks WHITE

[@militzamadrid462]

...a gorgeous woman. I think she had lots a courage. She got away from Johnny's drugs abuse.

[@mildredpierce4506]

Yes! Sophia Loren. You're right.

[@ezmereldagerard6999]

Vivian Cash is gorgeous and helped Jonny Cash developed his style & image and she raised their family. Vivian Cash wrote a book with Johnny Cash permission toward the end of their life. Her book is called I walked the Line by Vivian Cash which is a very moving powerful story.

[@ashlysinfoandmusic8209]

I’ve got to get that book!

[@danawelcker3441]

Thanks, I will be sure to check it out!

[@emeraldangelle]

thank u !!! will purchase!!!!!

[@AShroudOfTruth]

The documentary called 'My Darling Vivian' is very good as well. But you'll feel heartbroken for days after watching it. It's showing on prime video.

[@trekkkker]

Great book! And so touching that they saved their love letters

[@adamtharpe1305]

She looks like a super model.

[@sheilareynolds3755]

I'm 62 and this is the first time I've heard this story. How extremely sad.

[@jodyariewitz7349]

I was just thinking the same thing...💔

[@reneebush2399]

The documentary was made through Amazon Prime if I remember correctly. It’s a really good documentary.

[@MultiSkyman1]

Also 62 and never heard of this story. Always liked his music too.

[@sharonerenaldo3466]

His Loss. She was Strikingly Beautiful outwardly and more so inside because of her belief in GOD!!! Thanks for this piece of History.

[@keithmorrison6176]

not his fault.

[@mjc3502]

He didn't seem to lose at all. The man finally got his demon off him with the help of June and found happiness. Not bashing Vivian, but John definitely found happiness as I hope she did too.

[@BlindMellowJelly]

Hiss loss because she disliked his drug issues even back then. Her book was good and I dont read books like that ever.

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

Thats exactly what i was thinking, His Loss!!!!

[@mjc3502]

@@tedtenpadrones1831 but he didn't lose. At all. Not even a little. He met a woman who helped him become a better person even getting off drugs. He was happy so honestly he actually won. They were famous, rich, and mostly important actually happy and a better person. It took him leaving her to get healthy and had he stayed, he probably wouldn't have got better. He won and so did his ex wife because she couldn't help him get there.

[@chrisgarvey3312]

What a beautiful woman. She sure put up with a husband who wasn't one she deserved. He gave her four children to raise and he was a drug addict. I am so happy she found a man who appreciated the wonderful woman she really was. Thank you for sharing her story, it was good to know how she walked her line of self worth.

[@wildwaning9427]

@Chris Garvey you are correct, they were not equally yoked.

[@waynecastleman1363]

I think a man and women walk a unsure path and along that path we may share with those we do not ever come full circle but yet it is our destiny to receive the gift of the road ahead. God was there all the way. Jhonny and Vivian found there place in this world and God made it happen just the way he planned it. In the end both were blessed with whom they were happy with.

[@sergeantmasson3669]

@Billy Shaw FALSE ! Vivian's main concern was her daughters. She was not able to care for, and support, them on her own. Vivian was NOT a boozer or a druggie. Thus, not the same level as her husband, Johnny Cash.

[@aahmonddelite690]

Absolutely...

[@Lexington-n7z]

Absolutely!!

[@banjohombre]

Over a thousand love letters between them. They got together before the fame came, so it was not a transactional marriage. They had four girls and she kept them together. Thank you Vivien wherever you are.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

I hope he paid child support, at least after his fame and fortune grew.

[@DetroitFettyghost]

@@JudgeJulieLit yes he did. He was a good dad after he got clean. He had a house in Jamaica, his favorite place and him and the kids spent many days and nights together there happy.

[@zumaanandrade3961]

@@DetroitFettyghost Yep met him and some of the kids there They were really cool people

[@geraldineekhator5428]

Johnny always said that they got his first wife’s story wrong. He always touted what a good and beautiful woman she was.

[@mariemiller456]

Agreed, but that's not what this videos about.

[@geraldineekhator5428]

@@mariemiller456 Thanks. I didn’t say that it was. I just added this so that people would know that about them. Take Care dear!

[@BlindMellowJelly]

They were very close till the day he passed. June said she was her best friend. She spoke to them both on a regular basis.

[@sjs2j305]

@@BlindMellowJelly Ok I was wondering if Viv and June ever came face to face.

[@BlindMellowJelly]

@@sjs2j305 I just recall reading that. June said she was a kind and impressive person. Im sure there was no hatred but she made sure she called them on a regular basis.

[@kellybrackin9214]

After my mom passed away, I told my father that he was okay to date is former secretary. She’s a beautiful black woman. I’d be so proud to call her my stepmother

[@jodyariewitz7349]

❤❤❤

[@Linda-in9ns]

Good for you ❤️

[@amirahx1115]

We need more humans like u🥰

[@JustmeJoy7]

So what's the story about your father and his secretary? Did they have an affair and somehow you found out about it?

[@kellybrackin9214]

@@JustmeJoy7 my father never had any affairs with any woman. It’s just that his secretary and I were close friends. I loved her spirit. She’s a beautiful woman inside and out.

[@AuthorLHollingsworth]

We black folks know our own. Very beautiful lady both young and old. My daddy always said "You cant run from your African blood." She looks like a family member from Louisiana.

[@missylearned9821]

She also looks like many Asian or Asian/mixed people. We’re just so used to seeing people within this country (USA) that we forget there’s an entire planet full of people that look different to what we’re spoon fed by the media.

[@ahem....bullsheet3720]

I knew she was mixed and definitely wasn't completely Italian for sure.

[@lee-pc5jq]

Her maiden name was Liberto.There is a chain of drycleaners in South Louisiana with that same name.She reminds me of some ladies from the 7 the ward in the 70s in New Orleans

[@Elaina944]

Yes we do. I was watching a documentary about her and said to myself, she had African blood running through her veins. The lips and nose are a dead giveaway, and she was absolutely stunning.

[@californiagirl1579]

Facts

[@leekuhn4957]

She was a lot better looking than June carter

[@shawnj1966]

She was but attraction and love aren't always about looks. Some people just fit better together.

[@rosalynbeatty8310]

@@shawnj1966 In a world where the 1 drop rule, colorism & racism wouldn't have mattered -- their marriage might have survived. Johnny & June fit in good because of a shared musical (& white background).

[@erikacollins7947]

Amen to that...bless her heart.

[@yvonnebraun401]

Absolutely beautiful

[@SMWLM]

Yup!..and JC was no GQ model.

[@willielittle9301]

Vivian cash had black ancestry and the Sicilian people also have North African DNA.

[@TheDKShow]

Very true!

[@kathleenking47]

you could tell, sometimes, by people like Alfonso Ribero who was biracial, but looks FULL BLACK.. hes darker than me, and i had 2 black parents. also, i know a biracial couple with 3 kids. Shes black, hes light italian, and two of their kids look full black

[@carmenpereiramercado5190]

Yep, your right! Learned this long ago but new education standards try to erase ethnic, tribal and indigenous facts all over. It makes it easier to teach today's dummies than to create people that crave knowledge. Hence, the high drop out rate and divide among us.

[@elisebarthalow6075]

My husband is one fourth Italian- his grandmother had dark and very curly hair..He was told he has black blood in him and my daughter has very curly and dark hair also.We are all pretty much a mixture of races so who cares?

[@d.h.fremont3027]

Oh yes

[@lindapowers8592]

Johnny Cash’s daughter also had found out he had black ancestry too.

[@lilo4399]

Rosanne is Vivian's daughter. She has 1/64th African heritage.

[@emjohnson7207]

I was telling mom about the first wife and how Sicily and the African continent are so close... Vivian looks like a beautiful black woman. Mom said well Johnnie was said to be black himself. Johnny from Arkansas and mom lives in Mississippi...y'all know how news travel🤣😁

[@paulinegayle702]

@@emjohnson7207 LOL!

[@snoopu2601]

See that's why you can't really judge what nationality what a person is by just looking at them. I'm A half breed Navajo/Irish American my father is Native American Navajo and my Mother is Irish I have 10 brother's and sister's some look dark with dark thick hair and some are light skin with light brown hair. My youngest sister came out with blond hair and really light color skin but she celebrated are native culture and was raised in the low income hood or middle class. My nephew kid's are half native American and black they are still babies besides his older son he is light skin with thick curly hair. I never asked him what does he favor more his native American culture or his black folks culture? He's just like any other normal kid's in the neighborhood. Just know all or most of the kid's are halfbreeds none are full blooded. I did half a full blooded African lady for a neighbor from Africa, that became an American. At the same time I had a neighbor that lived across the street that was from China and became Amrican on the other side of me my neighbor was a women from Mexico that became an American. I thought that was cool I live in a multiy cultural neighborhood. My Chinese neighbor's daughter she married an Salvadoran there daughter and son speaks 3 different languages Chinese, Spanish, English they have to speak to both of there grandparent, they don't speak much English they know just enough to get by. And if you judge the Salvadoran/Chinese gal on what she looks like you would probably be wrong. And my niece's and Nephew's seeing them all together dark and light and they are al related by blood. You can tell the features in there face that they are related by there smile and some parts of there faces. Some look straight white, black, Mexican, Native- Americans

[@sergeantmasson3669]

Linda Powers, the human species originated in Africa. Every human has some African DNA. We are all distantly related.

[@christinedarnell3520]

Vivian was stunning. An absolute beauty. Her exotic looks made her breath taking.

[@UnicornTailz]

That’s disappointing that the movie had an opportunity to really give a more in depth look into their lives and instead the characters were compartmentalized for lack of a better word.

[@tedgoodfellow9103]

I always felt that Johnny Cash's first wife was somewhat forsaken. It's good to know she was able to continue with her life and girls without being bitter and then marrying someone else and apparently finding happiness. Thanks for the video, Danie Steel. Regards from Blighty :)

[@Stargazer3131]

This was a great presentation! Vivian was gorgeous!

[@chigjuanspartacus2822]

yes, she was

[@marymarth7298]

Wow. She was! I never knew this.

[@renna912]

@BORNtoRun you must not be from America.. do you not know if you have one drop of black blood in you. if you're mixed with white they consider you black I can look at this woman and tell she has black ancestry in her.. she could pass for Creole..

[@Kmakmizzle]

Lou Ferigno in the face!

[@imasonofadeadbeat2928]

Is that your picture? You are gorgeous.

[@O.X.N.]

This was so interesting. Vivian was so beautiful.

[@O.X.N.]

I got pinned 😳😁❤!

[@johntafoya6875]

We all have 2 common ancestors Adam and Eve She our sister

[@muffassa6739]

It's so horrible what they had to go through. My Aunt married a handsome black artists. My Grandpa went to the grave with out seeing her or her children. I love my Aunt and Cousins 💓💓

[@sayawills8518]

That African blood is strong in her! I can definitely see it.

[@jcbulldog533]

@@sayawills8518 Yes,most definitely her nose & hair.. She's very attractive & has beautiful eye:s

[@theknow7557]

All I can say is Johnny missed out on a great thing. She's Gorgeous!!

[@Ocelot1962]

If what you say is true, then Johnny Cash was a fool for putting aside this strikingly beautiful woman--beautiful inside and out from what I understand. It wouldn't surprise me if his drug use had gotten worse because he realised what he had done.

[@joyfitzgerald9878]

I wondered the same thing.

[@mindcalmasmr6924]

And the fact that June basically stalked him since day 1. That movie is about 5% truth.

[@derwinlowery]

And they say race don't matter...race matters from a to z,

[@revdrtiffanyfoster]

Thank you for covering Ms. Vivian. She deserves to have her story told, and with truth not a Hollywood spin. Like how do you rewrite someone's ethnicity? So many have disparaged her in favor of June over the years. It is really sad.

[@militzamadrid462]

...we are a bi-racial couple, 40+ years Married.

[@bethparker1500]

Then he screws June's sister. Yuk.

[@sjs2j305]

@@bethparker1500 WHAT?! Really?!

[@patriciacassady4959]

@@bethparker1500 what a terrible thing to say, you can't possibly know this for a fact, just repeating gossip.

[@tarabooartarmy3654]

@@bethparker1500 I’ve read several books about him and I never heard that.

[@dragonmaster1963]

In 1963 my parents couldn't get married in California for fear of my father being arrested. My father is of white European descent and my mother is of Pacific Islander, Native American, and Spanish descent. As many states still acted on miscegenation laws during that time and things really didn't start changing until 1967. I knew that Vivian was of black descent and how she was portrayed in the movie was disgraceful. I'll never watch the movie again. From what I know of Vivian, her beauty was only over-shined by her love and devotion for her children.

[@a.leemorrisjr.9255]

One can always count on "hollyweird" to "skew" fact & fiction. As a black multi-ethnic who at times "caught hell" from both sides, I learned early to be my own man, think for myself, & said screw 'em.

[@celticmulato2609]

She is majority Italian as DNA shows and a little Black ancestry. Shes still White as abt 28 to 30% of White Americans have a little admi xture of Black or Native American.

[@valuecalc]

@@celticmulato2609, I seriously doubt that such a high percentage of whites would have that much other ancestry. Those relationships would have been taboo.

[@valuecalc]

@@celticmulato2609, that was more more prevalent in Mexico. The average American white never claims black ancestry.

[@LilyGazou]

Sicilian. Her great great grandmother was listed as “bi-racial”. Which can mean any degree.

[@AShroudOfTruth]

He loved her very much (1000 love letters proved it), but the long separations, his getting into drugs, and June Carter destroyed what they had. It had nothing to do with her race.

[@TheDKShow]

Well her race was white so obviously it didn't. But it didn't help that she was seen as Black by many white Americans at that time.

[@AShroudOfTruth]

@@TheDKShow She was mostly white, yes, but also partly black, as her ancestry has shown, and not just from her great, great grandmother, but also her great great grandfather. Anyway, this had absolutely nothing to do with her and her husbands break up. It was his rise to fame, the long separations, the drugs, the partying, and his affairs, especially his affair with June Carter.

[@peterlawrence6815]

Vivian was stunning .

[@Maria-sg4zy]

Her black ancestry showed up pretty good. Didn't matter how far back it was, It was like " Here I am!"

[@kelseymcintyre1]

A timeless beauty , even when she was older her beauty shined ….

[@CodyCole80]

Although her black blood was 4 generations back, you can still see the African genes in her features.

[@lettiegrant9447]

👍👍

[@rosalynbeatty8310]

For real!

[@saraswatkin9226]

Like English Queen Charlotte in the 19th Century.

[@pitbullmom214]

That's called the phenotype---how your appearance expresses what is in your actual DNA blueprint, which is called the genotype.

[@simbahunter8894]

According to Finding Your Roots, Johnny Cash had Black ancestry too. Rosanne Cash is related to another FYR subject - Angela Bassett.

[@jeanettejohnson7315]

He had Native American roots too He and Patsy Cline.She was half Shawnee.

[@quailie5]

I saw that episode!

[@danawelcker3441]

Thank you for this episode and knowledge. I did not know this about Johnny Cash’s first wife. She was a beautiful woman in every picture shown, she even aged beautifully, we should all be so lucky. I hate what happened to her but I am happy to know she went on to live a happy life and flourished within.

[@ashleyroberge4459]

Thank you for making that

[@kimberleeturner8475]

I don't think anyone questions her beauty. She was gorgeous. They said she wasn't black because of what her birth certificate stated. I guess that's why they had a white woman portray her in Walk the line. This is 2021. It's okay to say it and be who you are. Back then it wasn't so. That's terrible. Reminds me of the movie Queen. So sad.

[@kathleenking47]

There are LOTS of whites with black ancestry. i knew this white woman, for 5 years. She did her DNA, and found out, she was 15% SUDANESE

[@jaynefromwayne6223]

Back then mixed race couples faced death threats and worse. They were fortunate to have remained safely married long enough to have had four daughters.

[@michaellemcgill609]

@@jaynefromwayne6223 agree

[@AuthorLHollingsworth]

I agree. They could have found a sista to play that beautiful woman. Period!

[@AuthorLHollingsworth]

@@michaellemcgill609 Facts!

[@davehopping7212]

As much editorializing as history. Interesting about the "one drop rule", though; Most African-Americans have as much white ancestry as black.

[@derlingerardclair6252]

Quite true at times,friends.

[@ivyjackson8695]

That's because our ancestors were forced into sexual relationships with master. We came over here full 💯% AFRICAN BLOOD.

[@davehopping7212]

@@ivyjackson8695 Sexual exploitation has always been the fate of a group unable to defend itself. What if Sub-Saharan Africa had been first with gunpowder, steelmaking, and the bureaucratic organizational skills essential to large military operations?

[@russelltackett4779]

@@ivyjackson8695 Lol

[@russelltackett4779]

@@ivyjackson8695 Lol

[@isabellrc]

I didn’t know this; the real truths must always be unearthed. Thank you, for bringing this to light. Beautiful woman

[@bradley4808]

I dated a black woman in college. It didn't work out but we are still friends to this day. She made me want to be a better man. The fact that she was black and I was white never mattered to us.

[@dguthrie1]

You should have stayed with ur own

[@geofftaylor8627]

@@dguthrie1 charming.

[@BlackberryTitties]

@@dguthrie1🤡

[@tyardovdabulldht2340]

I knew she was Black. She's beautiful!

[@mj24672]

She was Sicilian, not black. Sicilians are darker skinned.

[@nicoleblount7610]

She looks black. She looks like people in my family. She looks creole

[@yiyunzhuo5991]

Vivian Cash was beautiful. It was so heartbreaking 💔 the prevalent racism and discrimination in the past was so horrible AND recent

[@karenwalker1812]

I just recently watched the documentary on Vivian. It changed my whole perspective on Johnny and June Cash , by the time I was watching I was fired up!! Johnny cash did not leave Vivian because of her race, he was already running around with June. The photo was took when they went to get Johnny out of jail for drugs but he was already with June. She’s the one that had 3 babies with 3 daddies not counting Johnnys that makes 4. I felt so bad for Vivian after I watched it. She was really done wrong. Even her girls were left out of his will in the end. I’ve just ordered the book she wrote which I’m sure she was still thoughtful of him because she still loved him till the end, the name of her book is : I walked the line , my life with Johnny. She deserved so much better than she had

[@keekat65]

What a stunning woman. Very sad how she was treated. I hope she had a beautiful life.

[@TrustMe55]

I was so pleased to see pictures of Vivian as she got older glad to hear that she married again and had a happy life. I don’t think he left her because of her ancestry he just connected musically with June Carter, and that would further his career just because of her musical families name.

[@garylefevers]

She was treated shamefully. Thank you for covering this. She certainly was a gorgeous lady.

[@cherylb2008]

We don’t celebrate enough, how far out society has come. The people of generations ahead of us suffered from this tragic isolation and injustice. Vivian was a beauty Queen. She was a totally stunning women. I’m happy to hear her life after Johnny was good.

[@nguzosmusic]

Walk The Line would have been so much more interesting by including this...

[@ultimatesportsmedicine4395]

Then we'd have low vibrational folks talking about why did they have to bring race into! SMh

[@Chicoandtheman]

Good lord was that woman breathtakingly gorgeous! Those eyes!!!

[@AriesGirlTAROT]

Her maternal great great grandmother was bi-racial (assuming that meant 50/50) so that made Vivian 6.25% black. One thing is for sure, she was GORGEOUS. It's so pathetic how much race impacts so many things. It's truly disgusting.

[@terrinyc29]

Yes, I find it hard to believe she was only 6% Black. She seems to be higher. Every picture I see I can see it.

[@lolagunz]

Exactly she's more black than that. Lol.

[@gratefuldead3750]

​@@terrinyc29of course. The present lord westminster or the cousin of prince philip mountbatton has around that ancestry from a count moor from cameroon. A large portion of european nobility comes from this count moor. It allways was irrelevant

[@libertyann439]

Thank you for giving Vivian her due. Her daughters really loved her and it must break their hearts.

[@godlygirls62]

The narrator said that Vivian wasn't black but had African ancestry. One need not look more than once to see that Vivian was obviously black and phenotypicallt black😊😊

[@mariatapanes8763]

Vivian was a beautiful woman and an amazing mother!!

[@marlenemarien3946]

To say she was “black” ignores the majority of her genealogy! It was a very small distant ancestral part.

[@observerobserver6040]

From the UK. Why did they have a clearly white woman to play her?

[@questionmark9819]

Unbelievable that this hideous discrimination only occurred 60 or so years ago.

[@TheDKShow]

Exactly.

[@kathleenking47]

NOW, colorism is rife, among rappers

[@saraswatkin9226]

Still going on in UK as you can see on KZbin regarding Megan.

[@cynthiaburrus255]

@@saraswatkin9226 That simply is not true. The Brits Were ABSOLUTELY THRILLED that Harry was marrying this beautiful woman. You should do some research and you will learn the truth. Rachel Meghan Markel's BEHAVIOR is what destroyed the GREAT LOVE the Brits had for her. Most said what I did, that I had no idea, even after seeing her picture, that she was mixed race. Her acting resume stated she was Caucasian. I just thought that she was a very pretty girl. It is really unfair to blame their distaste for MM on race. That had NOTHING to do with it. There are numerous accounts, too numerous to mention, from a myriad of eyewitness who report repeated similar behavior, NO ONE would find acceptable...like Throwing a Steaming Hot Cup of Tea on a female staffer. That's the problem when you make any assessment based on Race. Success or Failure lies in BEHAVIOR.

[@stacyjd2759]

@@saraswatkin9226 you are absolutely right!! Everyone with eyes and COMMON SENSE can see whats going on. Who can forget that "Compton" headline...calling her "niggling" and putting up a baby chimp to represent Archie. Disgusting and vile behaviour and as seen her is deeply rooted throughout history.

[@tracy4019]

She was gorgeous. Never knew this information about her. Thank you for educating us

[@volitionspark2686]

As for their romance, I think the bigger issue was that Cash was awestruck with June Carter because of her status as a great musician & being part of the Carter musical family. The Carters were giants in Country music.

[@tadpolesoup]

The labeling of humanity into ”races” always proves to be destructive.

[@stephenabm7779]

She definitely was the good wife. Thank you for speaking about this marriage.

[@champaigne16]

It was never stated she was a biracial women in the movie "I Walk the Line" but used a white women. Johnny Cash got his style from the black culture.

[@russelltackett4779]

Lol

[@khismet]

Same as Elvis.. etc..ad naseum. Typical that Movies seem to whitewash histories.. hmm🤔

[@AJ-mt9zt]

Because she wasn't biracial. She was White, with a little bit of mixed ancestry.

[@khismet]

@@AJ-mt9zt Just because she identified as White doesn't make her white. The blood flowing down the line was SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN that she had black blood in her. Her physical looks alone give it away. Her ancestors are German, Irish, Sicilian & African. The Irish are mixed w African. The Sicilians are mixed w African. Obviously she was more black than she realized. So, technically she was Multi Racial and that's a Wondrous Reality👸🏾

[@annzeeg4217]

Bc she didn't know. Her family hid there black ancestry

[@littleogeechee223]

My goodness, she was breathtakingly beautiful!

[@shadykatie100]

Vivian was very beautiful and elegant! She had sculpted cheekbones too.

[@musketbal]

I wondered where their daughter Roseanne got those beautiful eyes, now I know and I learned something I did not know along the way. Those who judge people on race are unknowingly mocking God who created us all. He loves ALL of His children.

[@squeint]

I loved the documentary "My Darling Vivian".

[@curtismichael4703]

What??? I had NO ideal! Thank you for the enlightenment.

[@pitbullmom214]

Darian Ruckus lol It's Darius Rucker

[@OldLadyInFL]

I've never seen her picture. People say Roseanne Cash looks just like her father, but she doesn't. She looks like her mother.

[@ask4theupgrade359]

This was very respectfully done. It’s mentioned a couple of times that she was religious to be exact she was a devoted Catholic in a Protestant USA 🇺🇸. She was married by her Uncle who was a Catholic Priest. I mention this because Catholics did experience discrimination in this country, Not like the black Americans, but she was Not spared. BTW, Rosanne Cash, also had black ancestry on her Father’s side. It often turns out that many White and Black Americans that have been here for centuries that believe they have Native American linkage, turns out to be black for the whites and white for the blacks. Johnny Cash, often stated he had Native American ancestry, turns out it was black. When the 1% of black ancestry was fully enforced in 1924 in the Southern States, it met the approval of Americans with mixed Ancestry that were EXCLUDED. Primarily because the man was white, the woman was mixed, the black was heavily diluted and the offsprings/children were white passing. Plenty of news papers and articles from 1895 to 1924 support this claim. Many mixed Europeans also got a pass. The Miscegenation Laws, forbidding interracial marriages between blacks and whites, ended by the Supreme Court in 1967 with the Loving vs Virginia case. The 1 drop rule, was only in effect for 43 years and yet black Americans still identify and apply it to everyone, including White Americans with any hidden black ancestry, like it’s being done in this case. I’ve met many self-identifying well off black Americans that appear white in skin color, features, hair texture. Even in their DNA they are 70%-80% European, especially from Virginia and the Carolinas. Basically, do Not assume that White presenting Americans, do not identify as black, as they are the ones that bear the responsibility to lift their darker skin people into acceptable standards, including beauty standards - so telling them they don’t look black, etc is not going to win you any points. They are not seeking inclusion, but respect and equally . Having a black friend is no longer going to cut it, you need to have a Black family member 😊

[@charlesvincent8677]

Thanks for sharing!

[@susanh1447]

I cried when I watched “My Darling Vivian.” She was so beautiful and when it was alleged she was black, I truly thought SO WHAT? and I’m as white as can be. What a sad, sad story.

[@nancyanderson5310]

This is an awesome woman! She suffered big time but her triumph over major adversities, betrayal and sheer work load is what inspires me. A woman of faith, dignity and GIVING! Thank you for sharing this.

[@corinnecardoza3521]

I just watched 'My Darling Vivian' documentary TODAY. What a lovely woman Vivian was. Johnny stepped out and left a gem at home. His "love story" with June was anything but that. June Cash played the camera and spoke with a pre-teen voice. She loved the attention. I never was impressed with her. Vivian? IMPRESSIVE.

[@blazee3895]

Why did they depict her as a yt woman in Walk the Line?!

[@cindyhoskins7594]

Thank you for bringing this to life she was extremely gorgeous

[@marymarth7298]

I saw the movie and really didn't care how Johnny Cash cheated on his wife then left her. You don't do that to your family. Just sad.

[@mariagabbott]

She looks like a light skinned mixed race woman like Megan Markle and Rashida Jones. Still beautiful. She actually has similar features to the olympian Marcel Jacobs who is half Italian half African American

[@teacherjansfavorites]

You need to make sure that you are pronouncing names the correctly: the man's name is DARRIUS RUCKER not DARRION RUCKUS!

[@beaujac311]

Teacher Jan's Favorites:. I wasn't paying attention when she called Darrius Rucker that. To me she sounds like she did it on purpose. As if she was calling Rucker a c00n akin to the Boondocks character Uncle Ruckus.

[@ehercj]

I cannot even finish this video because of the disrespect in calling this man Darrion Ruckus.

[@khismet]

Yikes, yeah. Caught that too!😬

[@LeeannaSloan]

The first comcert i ever went to was johnny cash and june ccarter cash. I was maybe 8 years old at the time. My grandma and grandpa were running the food stand there so my brother and i were sitting in an area that was close to the stage and roped off for people taking turns working the consession stand. This was maybe 1987 in klamath falls oregon and the concert was outside in a football field. When june came on stage to sing with Johnny she waved down to my little brother and he started crying. He was terrified of her, he thought she was a skelton lady. We still laugh about it and my brother to this day thinks june carter is the stuff of nightmares.

[@normabarros3124]

Wow great video... I had no idea

[@alvincook8888]

As a Native American i loved JC's album. BITTER TEARS. I took it to english class in 8th grade. The class shared music each liked. The Monkeys were the big hit then. I was laughed at by other students.

[@jeanettejohnson7315]

Wasn't Johnny Cash half Native American?? The Caddo Indians of Arkansas.I think they keep that hidden from the public.

[@idkanymore9869]

@@jeanettejohnson7315 no he was not. Like a lot of white people, his grandmother claimed to have Native American ancestry but his daughter came up with none.

[@ariannacydneylaurel9442]

I remember seeing a picture of Vivian and instantly feeling a connection to her, saying I look like her, thinking to myself that I could play her in a movie. Seeing who actually played her in the movie, I was highly disappointed in more ways than one. Turns out Vivian is my blood cousin! She carries the same spirit of many of the women in our family, not bitter but we strongly believe in our worth. The reason why her family identified as white was for protection. Her 3rd great-grandfather (William B.Shields/my uncle; white man) brought his family out of slavery and moved to what is now Mexico. He belived that his girls should marry white and be labeled as such because it would protect them from being enslaved again. There are records of William B.Shields buying many of the enslaves freedom for them. No this was not a romantic time in history and for the Shields it wasn't hatred of being black but the fact that they could be free under a diffrent label.

[@the4cqueen148]

Wow! Girl you actually do look like her !

[@TheDKShow]

Thank you for sharing that! Yes, most people identify as white when they can because it offers protections clearly not afforded to Black people. I'm glad you found that connection to her! So awesome.

[@ariannacydneylaurel9442]

@@the4cqueen148 Thank you!🌸🌸🌸

[@ariannacydneylaurel9442]

@@TheDKShow Thank you for making this video for her💕💕💕

[@kelliintexas3575]

EXACTLY!!! SAME WITHY CREOLE FAMILY!!!

[@carmelacristoforo262]

Wow thanks for this very interesting video. I was born biracial to an Italian father and African-American mother who was able to "pass" as white in the early days of the civil rights movement. At the time, my parents falsified their marriage certificate since mixed race marriages were illegal. My Brother and I were told growing up that we were anything other than African American. My heart and admiration go out to Vivian. I raised 3 daughters to be very proud of who they are. Lessons learned.

[@milkandspice1074]

Wouldn't your mom be mixed if she could pass?

[@carmelacristoforo262]

@@milkandspice1074 Yea she must of been mixed because while my Grandparents both had darker complexions, my DNA results shows I'm 35% African heritage.

[@LaurenOliviArt]

1:08 lol his name is Darius Rucker!!!! 😂

[@junelesher2794]

She looks like she has June Carter beat in every way,looks,personality and she gave him four beautiful daughters. To bad he could not be faithful to her and his family.

[@malrosee9450]

She looks like Eartha Kitt fascinating report. They were strong.

[@liverbird956]

@@kennethbloom7615 Exactly! I thought she looked very much like the Italian actress Sophia Loren, spot on.

[@ivyc3500]

Eartha Kitt was bi/racial .

[@AM-vw7dg]

Anyone who couldn't look at her and tell, I don't know what to say. I'm mixed also, black (mom), Italian/Greek (dad). At the least, people thought I was latina. Alot of Italians from southern Italy have Arab, North African traces.

[@BlindMellowJelly]

The funny thing is Africa occupied Italy more than 30 times in history and Sicily to this day has more than 88% of their citizen's with very large percentages of African DNA. Now here's another wild fact. The Roman Empire has 2 Black African Emperors in its time so when critics saw that pic of her and said she was Italian they didnt know they meant black.....lol Great Job and well done. I love a mini doc with well spoken sisters presenting. I really loved this....Thank You

[@Glad2BGolden]

The critics of that time saw through the Italian bullshit. Many mixed or light skinned Black people with the passable features just passed for white by calling themselves Italian, Jewish or Mexican.

[@NuNugirl]

@@Glad2BGolden In A.D 711 North African Muslims captured the Iberian Peninula. They ruled for 800 years. They alao took Palermo in Sicily A.D 827. DNA is a wonderful thing it shows up in the most unlikely places from 1000s of years ago. It never gos away. You do have a point but who's to say who's culture is really whos. By the way, Elvis Presley's Great Grandmother was Jewish, that makes him Jewish. He knew it. That's why he wore a Chai around his neck made of gold covered in diamonds. It means life.Embrasing one's full culture is a good thing.

[@BlindMellowJelly]

@@Glad2BGolden Mexican has clear features no one can mistake but Italy took part in a DNA study just as England and Germany. The findings were as I said. Italy has a large population of high African DNA traits, very high in fact. Keeping in mind all humans have notable amounts simply because all bloodlines come from one region in Africa. I have had passing in my family because of American race standards. In Europe there was no hatred of African s or black people. That is pretty much Americas invention. My Great great uncle passed for white, no nothing just plain white and yes, he had ice blue eyes. My cousins had freckles and reddish hair.I was not talking features. I dont even look African American because of my features. I am speaking of skin tone and DNA framework.

[@BlindMellowJelly]

@@NuNugirl My research is because of the racial uprising America had. I am involved in the CRT drama that the GOP started because of Obama being elected and Trump and his false claims of theft. King Solomon had a very hip tribe back in the day thats for sure.

[@FirstorDirt]

I dont know if she was black but she was a hell of a lot prettier than his second wife

[@kmarcol1]

She was far more beautiful than the 2nd wife.

[@dianejohnson5216]

Vivian looks like a movie star

[@christophernash1846]

+I love how the author casually says " one of their daughters "LOL . Roseanna cash is one of the most successful artists ever who tracked down the roots.

[@elainadewitt322]

Beautiful , beautiful woman she was! Sad they didnt make it. But , it just wasnt meant to be. Glad she found love again.💕👌

[@michaellemcgill609]

Not to many people make it regardless even after 40 years of marriage it’s still end on divorce

[@tammy-ow8rr]

She was not black, she was Italian! Her 4 daughters cleared this rumor!

[@strawberryseason]

Nope. DNA proved that they are descended from a slave.

[@riffraff2770]

Wow, I never knew this. Thanks for posting!!

[@tylermarks7463]

Listen to hurt by Johnny cash He was a man who died with regret and pain He knew who and what he did wrong The pain was there

[@TheDKShow]

I was just telling my husband this. It's clear his music was for her. I would love a movie on their story.

[@kelliintexas3575]

NONE of them knew he race, heck her own kids didn't know until a recent DNA test. Johnny was so binged out on drugs he hurt everyone around him. These guys traveled EVERY NIGHT by CAR to go to bar to bar to school to school to fairs, at 50mph. The slept in cars, SHOWERED & ATE at random peoples homes after the shoes and back on the road. This was a COMPLETELY different time. There was no guide or book telling them what to do. They were teens being swallowed up by immense fame all alone. Elvis, Johnny and Carl Perkins traveled 300 days THEIR FIRST THREE YEARs for sun records. Can you imagine?? You would need pills I don't care who you are. June was country royalty. Her entire family was ALLLLLL famous, she knew and understood exactly what was going on.

[@jesssands5349]

He hurt all his loved ones

[@rosalynbeatty8310]

@@kelliintexas3575 Ur right. One of Johnny Cashs singing celeb daughters bragged that she wears dirty clothes. & Elvis had a horrible diet. He was fat, constipated, bloated & strung out on meds. Heavy drinking was daily for many. Look at Tammy Winnets hubby, George. My dad was from SC. He & his buddies worked hard & drank always.

[@saraswatkin9226]

Definitely sung with painful soul.

[@beverlyjordan8957]

She was like fine wine she aged so beautifully. Lovely lady.

[@kctechie]

That was very interesting and I can't believe I had never heard this before. Vivian was indeed very beautiful. Just as a human, I feel the attitude that against their marriage shameful. My life theory is good people are rare, like diamonds. They are not the rule but the exceptions, in any and every race. I've been fortunate to have met diamonds in several races and I'm unwilling to write off a whole race, even my own, because most of them are not good people. I don't want to miss any chance at meeting more diamonds wherever I can. God has scattered them through all races. I'm not sure if I explained that well or not. 😁

[@stacyjd2759]

Beautifully put Dave!!

[@donnameansyoucancallmelala1800]

@@stacyjd2759 Well said!🙂👍👍👍

[@nanettewhite8269]

Damn David , spoken like a beautiful human being. Thank you.

[@crystalmorey5548]

Yes many Diamonds in the ruff!

[@lynettebeckles9842]

Beautiful ❤️

[@globetrotting2628]

I'm so happy to live in a time where people can marry each other without worrying about what their ancestry is. I'm also lucky to live in an age where white women can stand up and say "I'm mixed" like Halsey (black father), Carol Channing (black grandmother), Carly Simon (10% black), etc. without fear of ruining their career. Life is only getting better for everyone.

[@missylearned9821]

You’re spot on!

[@rudolphrichardson2247]

Thank you for your in-depth research and scholarship. I was not aware of this incredible woman and her story. Beautiful!