Quote of the Day: Nat King Cole on Racism in the Media

You can read this quote, from Nat King Cole’s statement about the cancellation of his TV show in 1957, in Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations. Read how the quote is referenced here. Suggested Reading Even More Times Accused Killers, Racists Launched Controversial Fundraising Campaigns The Root 100: A Sneak Peek Into the Hottest Party of 2025! ‘The Color Purple’…

You can read this quote, from Nat King Cole’s statement about the cancellation of his TV show in 1957, in Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations. Read how the quote is referenced here.

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Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and founding director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He is also the editor-in-chief of The Root. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.

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