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I did a bit of poking around.
The artist who moved to Los Angeles in the 1940s was Nat King Cole. He moved into a house in what was then, a predominently white neighbourhood. The KKK stuck a burning cross on his front lawn, and the local home-owner's association told him that they didn't want "undesirables" moving in. His reply was, and I quote:
"Neither do I. And if I see anybody undesirable coming in here, I'll be the first to complain."
The musician who rented the train was Duke Ellington. He rented a train with three private carriages to transport himself and his band-members, so that they wouldn't have to confront the racism in the South during the 1930s.
The artist who moved to Los Angeles in the 1940s was Nat King Cole. He moved into a house in what was then, a predominently white neighbourhood. The KKK stuck a burning cross on his front lawn, and the local home-owner's association told him that they didn't want "undesirables" moving in. His reply was, and I quote:
"Neither do I. And if I see anybody undesirable coming in here, I'll be the first to complain."
The musician who rented the train was Duke Ellington. He rented a train with three private carriages to transport himself and his band-members, so that they wouldn't have to confront the racism in the South during the 1930s.