She was a white actress, he was a popular Black entertainer, and their relationship elicited racist reactions in 1960, worrying John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign.
Ms. Britt and Mr. Davis at their wedding in November 1960. It was reported that the event had been delayed from October at the request of John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign to avoid negative attention before the election.
Production at the Jim Beam distillery in Clermont, Ky., which generally produces close to nine million gallons of bourbon a year, will be paused for all of 2026.