But the incident prompted an examination of racial relations in the town.

There's so much talk about sexual identity and racial relations on college campuses.

Dealing with racial relations, the movie was daring for its time.

But the city also has a checkered past in racial relations.

This reference was evidently about the state of Alabama's racial relations at the time.

To me, it shows real insensitivity to our long and tortured history of racial relations.

Most strikingly, given the past 20 years in the city, was the favorable attitude on racial relations.

By contrast, just two years ago only 16 percent of black respondents characterized racial relations that way.

"Though I do think racial relations in this country are still too sensitized for that," he added.

And it's about how heat affects already tense racial relations in the city.