Love in black and white
Subtitle: a memoir of race, religion, and romance
By: William S. Cohen with Janet Langhart Cohen.
Contributors: Cohen, Janet Langhart, 1941-
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; Distributed by National Book Network
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9780742558212
Subjects: 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.
Genres: Biography.; Case studies.
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: A Capitol idea; title: Hancock Street; title: Up south; title: Shamrock and a dreidel; title: Lockefield Gardens; title: Destination unknown; title: Hoops and dreams; title: Law school and other maladies; title: The windy city; title: Law and politics; title: Bean Town and busing; title: Impeachment; title: A doctor in the house; title: The rest of the bastards; title: Of polo and poetry; title: Color codes; title: Who's coming to dinner?; title: The darndest things; title: Lucky and Lucy; title: POTUS; title: Doubtless; title: First lady of the Pentagon; title: Song of songs.