Unforgettable: The Life and Mystique of Nat King Cole.(Brief Article)

From: Black Enterprise | Date: January 1, 1993| Author: Adams, Janus | Copyright information

Most African-American adults have a sense of the '50s and '60s-even if they gained it through television when they were very young. Our memories include: school desegregation, Paul Robeson's dramatics, sit-ins, African decolonization and Rosa Parks. Many of us also recall a smooth warrior and dapper crooner making musical and racial history as host of his own variety show: Nat King Cole.

Cole was to '50s television what Jackie Robinson was to sports and radio in the late...

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