Alex Kellogg

The Changing Face Of Seeing Race

Alex Kellogg — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:28:00 +0000

Let's go back to 1967.

That was the year interracial marriage made headlines. Just take the Hollywood classic Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. The film was a new kind of love story for Hollywood. The movie was about a black man who wanted to marry a white woman — a huge taboo at the time.

According to a 1968 Gallup Poll, just 20 percent of Americans thought it was OK for a white person to marry a black person. White Americans were far less likely to accept the idea than blacks.

U.S. Government Opposes Cherokee Nation's Decision

Alex Kellogg — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:17:00 +0000

Every September, the Cherokee Nation celebrates its national holiday, which marks the signing of their first constitution after the Trail of Tears. The main event, a big parade, features traditional Cherokee music, colorful floats and people singing and dancing in traditional garb.

This year, the holiday that draws tens of thousands of people to Tahlequah, Okla. — the heart of the Cherokee Nation — was marked by controversy and protests.

It is a largely forgotten footnote of history that many wealthy Indians in the Deep South owned African slaves.

Racial Gap In Homeownership Widens In U.S. Slump

Alex Kellogg — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:05:00 +0000

When Clyde Jackson's wife took a $6 hourly pay cut several years ago, it was the beginning of his rapid descent from two-time homeowner to renter in an apartment complex in the working-class Washington, D.C., suburb of Greenbelt, Md.

Jackson, 51, is an African-American father of three who works for a local government sanitation agency. In December, he lost a three-bedroom brick home to foreclosure. He purchased the house for $245,000 in 2004.

He has separated from his wife and now lives in a two-bedroom apartment.

States, Cities Reject Federal Deportation Program

Alex Kellogg — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:04:00 +0000

Three states and two major cities say they have pulled out of a federal program aimed at deporting criminals who are in the U.S. illegally. And now Boston's mayor has threatened to join them.

Secure Communities was created to help federal authorities deport illegal immigrants who are hardened criminals.