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.