Procedure for Concatenating husbands and wives in inter/intra-racial/ethnic marriages, using IPUMS/ACS data

I am currently conducting research on the integration of the African foreign born into U.S. society, using 1980, 1990, 2000 IPUMS and 2010 ACS data. One of the three dimensions along which I want to examine the integration of the African foreign born is their demographic/marital integration. Specifically, I am interested in examining the extent of interracial/intraracial marriages among the three major racial groups from Africa -- black, white, and Asian Africans -- as well as such marriages between the African racial groups and comparable racial groups in the U.S: black, white, and U.S.Asian Indian Americans. I am currently analyzing the data and would need some help on joining husbands and wives. I do have some ideas; but, since this would be my first attempt at doing interracial/inraracial marriages, I would certainly appreciate getting some help from any one who has more experience doing this. This is also my first time participating in this online community. I hope that this comes through. I may be contacted at my home e-mail: konia1@verizon.net Thanks in advance for your assistance.
Konia T. Kollehlon