Black-White Marriages: Transforming Race Relations
by Peter Graham on Jul 29, 2013 | Views: 133 | Score: 0
Approval of black-white marriages | |
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1959 | 4 |
1968 | 20 |
1972 | 29 |
1978 | 36 |
1983 | 43 |
1991 | 48 |
1994 | 48 |
1997 | 64 |
2002 | 65 |
2003 | 73 |
2004 | 76 |
2007 | 77 |
2011 | 86 |
2013 | 87 |
Sources:
gallup.com
The approval of black-white marriages has shot from total taboo to widely accepted in the United States within 55 years. The generational shift of thought on this issue is nothing short of remarkable.