Love in Black and White
We speak to the authors, William Cohen and Janet Langhart Cohen.
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| Love in Black and White – A Memoir of Race, Religion and Romance |
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On Tuesday, we speak with a Washington power couple who come not only from diverse racial backgrounds, but political backgrounds as well.
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William Cohen is a former secretary of defence who served in the Clinton administration, and before that as a congressman and senator. He is the son of a Jewish father and Protestant Irish mother.
Janet Langhart Cohen is an African-American who was raised by a Southern Baptist single mother. She had a successful career as a model and television personality and now runs her own communications consultancy. They first met in 1974 and married on Valentine’s Day in 1996.
Earlier this year they published a book that candidly describes their experiences with racial and ethnic attitudes in modern-day America: Love in Black and White – A Memoir of Race, Religion and Romance.
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Published On 22 Dec 2007