Integration: The Big Lie

February, 1996

Wynton Marsalis was there. So were Quincy Jones, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Johnnie Cochran. My friend Anna Perez had invited me to a charity reception at Creative Artists Agency's headquarters in Los Angeles. Perez, who used to be Barbara Bush's press secretary, the first black press secretary in the White House, now does public relations for Mike Ovitz and for other heavies in the entertainment industry.It was a great night. Marsalis played and the hors d'oeuvres were superb, but I noticed someth...