Article: VOA NEWS: INTERRACIAL FAMILIES CHANGING AMERICANS' ATTITUDES TOWARD RACE

The Voice of America issued the following story:

By Susan Logue

When Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was born to a white mother and a black father in 1961, marriage between blacks and whites was illegal in some parts of the United States. That's no longer the case, but as VOA's Susan Logue reports, public attitudes toward interracial families are still changing. Charles Spearman, who is black, has been married to Nancy Burnett, who is white, for nine years. "When we are outside in the community, we know other people perceive us as a black and white couple," Spearman says. "In the house, we're just a couple and we're thinking of the challenges and opportunities any couple ...

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