Postwar Portland turned away Nat “King” Cole, Billie Holiday

Published: Sept. 25, 2020, 2 p.m.

Crusty, spluttering city leaders, full of self-righteous outrage over mixed-race dancing that was going on at “The Dude Ranch,” found an excuse to order the West Coast's hottest jazz club shut down. (Portland, Multnomah County; 1946) (For text and pictures, see http://www.offbeatoregon.com/1203b-dude-ranch-portland-jazz-scene.html)