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Day: April 12, 2010

Defending Nat King Cole wasn’t on his play list

On this day in 1956: Bob Raiford, a disc jockey on Charlotte’s WBT, is fired for denouncing on the air the racial beating of Nat King Cole during a concert two days earlier in Birmingham, Ala.

Author Lew PowellPosted on April 12, 2010Categories On This DayTags bob raiford, nat king cole, wbt2 Comments on Defending Nat King Cole wasn’t on his play list
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