A couple’s love in black and white

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Former Secretary of Defense, William S. Cohen and his wife Janet Langhart wrote the book ?Love in Black and White: A Memoir of Race, Religion, and Romance,? published in 2007, about their marriage and life together as an interracial couple living in the United States. They met in 1974 and married on Valentine’s Day, 1996. They are hosting the 2nd annual Race and Reconciliation in America conference in Washington D.C. Both join The Takeaway to talk about race in America.

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