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 * **Has Martin Luther King Jr.'s "dream" been realized?** || **TOPIC** ||   || ==**GRADE**== || **RATIONALE WITH STATISTICS** ||   || **COMMENTS / SUGGESTIONS** ||

Civil Rights laws, affirmative action laws, representation in state and federal government, voting statistics ||  || =**B**= || * Civil Rights laws have been passed and enforced by the government Number of employed / unemployed, types of jobs, business ownership ||  ||   || in 2004 66%percent of whites were employed while 63% were and 68%of latinos were employed. more whites employed than blacks while hispanics topped the whites whites had higher paying jobs || start encouraging the black community to getmore jobs help them by making it that a certain precent of your worker have to be of a another race. ||  ||   ||
 * **Legislation and Politics**
 * While the number of African Americans and Hispanics in the government is not near the percentage of population, the numbers are increasing every year
 * We have an African American president
 * African Americans vote at nearly the same rate as the average population, but Hispanics are much lower (average around 60% registering, African American 58%, Hispanic 28%) || * Encourage minorities to continue to become active in politics, possibly through schools
 * Push for voter registration drives and voter eductaion in the Hispanic community, possibly with bilingual voting ballots ||
 * **Employment**

Graduation rates, test scores, college enrollment, educational attainment ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **Education**

Average income, number below poverty level ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **Income and Poverty**

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