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Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2010: Where We Stand Today

Posted By: Carolina Morgan

Tagged As: History, Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr., Black history, Race, Employment status, Health insurance, Poverty, Educational attainment

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On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 2010, Book of Odds looks at educational and economical statistics of whites and blacks in the United States today.

More than 46 years after his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, though much progress in race relations has been made, the numbers show Dr. King's vision of equality has not yet been achieved.