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Love in black and white : a memoir of race, religion, and romance

Title
Love in black and white : a memoir of race, religion, and romance / William S. Cohen with Janet Langhart Cohen.
Author
Cohen, William S.
Publication
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers : Distributed by National Book Network, c2007.

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Cohen, Janet Langhart, 1941-
Description
xiii, 373 p., [24] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
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.
Subject
  • Cohen, William S
  • Cohen, Janet Langhart, 1941-
  • Legislators > United States > Biography
  • Cabinet officers > United States > Biography
  • Television journalists > United States > Biography
  • African American women authors > Biography
  • Married people > United States > Biography
  • Interracial marriage > United States > Case studies
  • Interfaith marriage > United States > Case studies
  • United States > Race relations > History > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
A Capitol idea -- Hancock Street -- Up south -- Shamrock and a dreidel -- Lockefield Gardens -- 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 -- POTUS -- Doubtless -- First lady of the Pentagon -- Song of songs.
Call Number
Sc E 07-238
ISBN
  • 0742558215 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780742558212 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2006028886
OCLC
71329805
Author
Cohen, William S.
Title
Love in black and white : a memoir of race, religion, and romance / William S. Cohen with Janet Langhart Cohen.
Imprint
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers : Distributed by National Book Network, c2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Cohen, Janet Langhart, 1941-
Research Call Number
Sc E 07-238
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