{"id":25078,"date":"2012-08-31T00:01:33","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T00:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=25078"},"modified":"2012-08-31T00:01:33","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T00:01:33","slug":"cole-porter-scores-an-interracial-couples-highs-and-lows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=25078","title":{"rendered":"Cole Porter Scores An Interracial Couple’s Highs And Lows"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cole Porter Scores An Interracial Couple’s Highs And Lows<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

National Public Radio<\/a>
\nAll Things Considered<\/a>
\nMusic: Mom and Dad’s Record Collection<\/a>
\n2012-08-30<\/p>\n

NPR Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n

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As summer winds down, All Things Considered<\/em> is winding down its series “Music: Mom and Dad’s Record Collection<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

For the past few months, the show has asked listeners to tell their stories about a particular piece of music they associate with their parents. Listener Melanie Cowart of San Antonio, Texas<\/a>, wrote in to explain how Cole Porter’s<\/a> “Begin the Beguine<\/a>” \u2014 a song that’s been interpreted by Artie Shaw<\/a>, Ella Fitzgerald<\/a> and many others \u2014 became a running soundtrack for her parents’ relationship.<\/p>\n

“My father was African-American; my mother was white,” Cowart tells NPR’s Melissa Block<\/a>. “They met in 1929, at a time when that type of a relationship was not something that was acceptable in society. In fact, in many states, including in Missouri<\/a> where they met, it was against the law. But they fell in love and formed a very strong bond.”…<\/p>\n

Read the entire transcript here<\/a>. Download the audio here<\/a> (00:05:42).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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