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Article: Legal hurdles of segregation are gone, but social barriers remain.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- May 16, 2004
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Byline: James A. Fussell
KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ In 1984, Mike and Stephanie Howell did something that used to be illegal.
The interracial couple got married.
Mike is black. Stephanie is white. In the 1950s, many states outlawed such marriages. Even in the 1980s, interracial unions still raised eyebrows, and tempers. People stared, threw eggs at Mike's car and sent him threatening letters.
Today, the Lenexa, Kan., couple said, interracial marriages simply are not that incendiary.
Progress?
You bet.