Tuesday, January 14, 2003

The changing face of love | csmonitor.com
Interracial Marriages Increase In Census

Thirty-six years after the Supreme Court struck down laws against mixed-race marriages and "Star Trek" shocked the nation by airing the first interracial kiss on national TV, Americans have come a long way in accepting love across race lines. The number of white-black marriages, always the smallest subset, has grown from about 50,000 in 1960 to almost 400,000 today.

The experiences of three couples show that times are changing.

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