Passing Strange 9 of 20 – Clarence King’s Double Life Begins

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A person in a hat stands facing the Brooklyn Bridge on the cover of Passing Strange by Martha A. Sandweiss. Text describes it as a tale of love and deception across the color line.

Clarence King meets Ada Copeland in late 1887. He introduces himself to her as James Todd, a Black Pullman porter. What likely starts as a mere flirtation, quickly grew into something much bigger and more complicated as King falls in love with the woman 20 years his junior.

Episode Credits

  • Melvin Hinton Host
  • Michele Good Technical Director

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