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Welcome to this episode of the Storycorps Podcast. We are going to hear from Brad Guidi and his wife, Willa Woodson Guidi. They met in 1970 at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. He is from an Italian-American family; she is African-American. And recently, they talked with their daughter, Tasha, about how their courtship(求爱期，追求期) was complicated.
How did you guys meet?
We were introduced by a mutual friend, Jackie McLean.
She was saying, oh, there's this really fine white boy I want you to meet. I said, Oh, please, Jackie, stop.
You know, when I went to Bradley, my new two African-Americans in my life, and that was Hank Aaron and Willie Mays, so it’s different.
When did you think it’s time to tell your parents?
Well, I had my mom, and we are really close, I called her right away when I met him. But I didn’t mention anything about race. I just said about I met somebody, so I just left that to that.
As far as my family’s reaction, I guess, probably, at the best it was considered a death in the family.
They wanted me to stop seeing Daddy, and I think at that point they had, had disowned(否认有关系，断绝关系) you. </