excellent piece. thanks for sharing.

Thanks! I like yours, too!

Excellent article. I'm a big fan of Anna Quinlan. And, now, feeling a little better about living in New York state. I'm old enough to remember 1967, and while I don't specifically remember this case, there was a couple who lived in my neighborhood, and the husband was black, and the wife was white. Other neighbors were aghast, and my very liberal parents merely referred to them as "that mixed couple." The only time I met either of them was when I was a Girl Scout out selling cookies. He answered the door, and he seemed like a nice man, and I didn't understand what all the fuss was about. Later, when I was old enough to get the concepts, I realized how hard it must have been for them, especially moving into my very blue-collar, very Catholic neighborhood.