Saturday, June 12, 2021

NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS: NAT KING COLE

Here is an interesting article from a New York City magazine article that published on April 11, 1956. The article shows how far we have come on race relations and also how little we have come as well. It is hard to believe that an entertainer such as Nat King Cole would have to deal with something like this...


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2 comments:

  1. JLMJune 15, 2021 at 6:23 PM

    I remember reading about this disgusting incident in a Nat King Cole biography. I'm old enough to remember Cole's TV show. NBC cancelled it after it failed to attract advertisers due to fears that Southerners would boycott any products that were sponsors.

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  2. BoogiemanJune 16, 2021 at 3:56 PM

    Nat had the most amazing voice, how awful to experience such discrimination. Why can't people just get along, we are here for such a short time.

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