“…Chachita's parents found out that she was having sex with Joe and forced the coup!~marry against their will. The co' erced wedding ceremony took place even ttl, Jugh, Vega says, "His family did not approve of his marrying a Puerto Rican girl, just as our family disapproved of Chachi marrying out of her ethnic group.,, 75 Not all Puerto Rican-African American marriages happened under duress of course. In the 1950s and 1960s, African Americans in Harlem, Brooklyn, and the Bronx naturally started courting as a result of living in the same projects, attending the same high schools and colleges, and mingling at the same restaurants, clubs, and theatres.…”