Love in black and white

a memoir of race religion and romance

Love in black and white

a memoir of race religion and romance
William S Cohen with Janet Langhart Cohen
Book - 2007

In a world where it was commonplace to see signs that read "whites only" or "Jews not allowed," William Cohen was born in Bangor, Maine, the eldest son of a Jewish father and a Protestant Irish mother. Janet Langhart, an African-American, was raised in Indianapolis, Indiana by her single parent mother, a Southern Baptist. These two people, from different regions, races, and religions, are both witnesses to and targets of the social tensions of the day. Their stories are rich and profound; at times they are amusing, at others harrowing. Bill would be elected to serve his country as a U.S. Congressman and Senator, and Janet would become a prominent television personality, activist, and highly respected businesswoman and author. Opposites in so many ways--in color, faith and culture--seemingly a bundle of contradictions, they meet in 1974, become friends, and eventually marry in 1996, in the U.S. Capitol.--From publisher description.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen, William S.
Other Authors: Cohen, Janet Langhart, 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers : Distributed by National Book Network, c2007.
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Online Access:Table of contents only

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505 0 |a A Capitol idea --Shamrock and a dreidel -- Up south -- Hancock Street -- Lockefield Gardens-Eden -- Destination unknown -- Hoops and dreams -- Law school and other maladies -- The Windy city -- Law and politics -- Bean Town and busing -- Impeachment -- A doctor in the house -- The rest of the bastards -- Of polo and poetry -- Color codes -- Who's coming to dinner? -- The darndest things -- Lucky and Lucy -- Call to serve -- SecDev -- First lady of the Pentagon -- Song of songs. 
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