tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post8485595357840398056..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: The white rhythm and blues star who "self-identified as black" sixty years agoDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-9629585781176171442015-06-20T12:33:41.397+01:002015-06-20T12:33:41.397+01:00Also worth noting that Louis Bellson married Pearl...Also worth noting that Louis Bellson married Pearl Bailey in 1952, which must have been extraordinary for those times. Probably not a coincidence that they married whilst on tour in London. They were married for 28 years.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11810613774457180960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-70227564919582184452015-06-17T11:35:15.983+01:002015-06-17T11:35:15.983+01:00Thanks for sharing that I didn't know about it...Thanks for sharing that I didn't know about it. Shades of John Howard Griffin's experience in all of this too (if anyone doesn't know, he 'blackued up' using medication normally used to treat vitiligo) and lived 'as a negro' in various southern states of America in 1959/60 then published his experiences in a book "Black Like Me" which is a hell of a read. The saying that you can't understand someone until you walk a mile (or 1000) in their shoes was never better explored. Well, until some wag came along and turned it into the movie 'Soul Man' in the 80s - but let's not dumb it down...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136355110140263930noreply@blogger.com