A great-great-grandma has tried on a wedding dress for the very first time in her 94 years of living, ABC3340 reports.
Martha Mae Ophelia Moon Tucker is the matriarch of a very large family, with four children, 11 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
Tucker, from Birmingham, Alabama, married her husband almost 70 years ago.
However, back in the 1950s, around the time that the Civil Rights Movement began slowly emerging, Tucker was restricted from many aspects of society.
Around the time that she married her beau, the nonagenarian lived in a society that enforced segregation between Black and white people.
Black people generally resided in impoverished neighborhoods compared to their white counterparts.
And according to the 94-year-old, Black women were barred from entering bridal stores.
Fast forward a number of decades later, though, and Tucker is watching the famous wedding scene in Coming to America. During the scene, her granddaughter heard her say that she had always wanted to try on a wedding dress.
So, Tucker's granddaughter as well as her other cousins banded together to try to make her dream a reality.
The loving grandkids booked an appointment at David's Bridal, giving her the opportunity to try on a few gowns for size.
"I's getting married," Tucker told ABC3340.
"Our grandmother has sacrificed so much for us, so to be able to turn around and grant her a 'want,' that was just priceless for me," said Angela Strozier, one of Tucker's granddaughters.
Tucker and her husband tied the knot all the way back in 1952. Because Black women were not allowed in bridal shops, she says, she donned a blue dress someone had lent her for the ceremony.
When asked by the local news station how she felt about the heartwarming gesture, she told them she didn't want to take off the gown and is incredibly grateful to her family.
"I looked in the mirror at myself wanting to know who is that," Tucker said. "Yeah, I was very excited! I felt great! I told ya, it felt just like I was getting married!"
