A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds both pride and division on race relations. Nearly everyone — 90% of whites and 85% of blacks — says civil rights for blacks have improved in the USA during their lifetime, although whites are more likely to see the progress as far-reaching.
"We have a long way to go, but I do think that we are changing," says Nancy Huizing, 70, a retired machinist from Grand Rapids, Mich., who is white and was among those polled. She sees much greater racial and ethnic diversity in her neighborhood, a fact reflected even in the variety of foods available in the supermarket.
