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Nat "King Cole" was a bridge in the field of racial relations, even though he died while major strife was happening. Born in Alabama in 1919, he died of cancer in 1965 but in his 45 years brought immense talent and artistry to music. That he was chastised by more radical civil rights activists was unfortunate, even as he was preparing to mount a production of James Baldwin's "Amen Corner" and showing a growing interest in radical black literature. He had suffered the ignominy of being barred from white hotels, met ridicule when he bought a house in fashionable and white Beverly Hills and quit a national television show as the first black host when producers would not find a national sponsor. Continue... |
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