Swirling in History Part Four: Ada Copeland King

I first heard about this on NPR and was so fascinated!

Un-be-freaking-lievable. This has got to be made into a movie.

Fix the link to NPR. It's misspelled.

Would make a great movie. Hint hint to Hollywood. 

I remember reading the Jefferson/Hemming book about their romance and being shocked and surprised. Then I hear about this; a white man passing to be with the woman he loved. I always wanted the fantasy but thought bc I was black I wouldn't be abl e to have it. It just wasn't how I was raised. I have started a new phase of my life and I would love to have that all encompassing love. Thank you Swirlqueen perfect for black history month. I love this series

their son looks like Humphrey Bogart.  the plot thickens.  acting runs in the family

love this story!! this just goes to prove the length some will go in the name of love

Now that's Love! 

I wonder how she felt when she found out. She probably didn't find it to be so romantic. That is an absolutely amazing story. They should make a movie about it.

 SwirlQueen Thanks for posting this and providing links to the research behind it. Can't believe that this project stemmed from 5 pages out of 500 that represented 13 years of Clarence King's double life. Kudos to Martha Sanweiss for thinking it was inadequate and bringing the truth to light. Amazing story!

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129250977

WOW!! ....Amazing! Keepem coming SwirlQween. :)

Another great post SwirlQueen!!!

The hopeless romantic in me is loving these stories. 

Thank you, for doing the research and sharing. 

History proves that we have always been a choice for opposite races, it was that they had to hide their feelings.....

SwirlQueen:  I've really loved and enjoyed these historical stories of BW/WM love. Thank you so much for doing the research.  I guess my favorite is still Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings.  Its so satisfying to know that a famous president of the United State fell in love with a BW and had a number of children with her.  If  the Jefferson/Hemings affair and the four stories you've told so far don't convince BW that WM have always loved them, nothing will.  Thank you!

I am really enjoying this series. It brings out the hopeful romantic in me that Disney and most fairytales just couldn't. Knowledge really is power. I'm not gung ho into history, but there's something about love stories involving women with whom I can relate phenotypically that makes me want to park myself somewhere, shut up, and listen closely.

Whaaaa? I am shocked? A white man passing as black to marry a black women?!?! In 1879?!?!? I'll be back, I gotta go to that link and listen about this story!

I read the book on this couple and the husband led a double life, as a Black man with his wife and kids and a White man in the workplace. 

WOW!!!!!!!

Stories like this are inspirng. The heart wants what the heart wants.

So, let me get this straight.  A WM actually passed as a BM to be with his love?  Now that's a new one!

Passing as black to be with a black woman, that is love darling! 

Amazing series!