Has+MLK's+dream+been+realized


 * Has Martin Luther King Jr.'s "dream" been realized?**

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 || **B**  || * 10.7% of the employed population are Black Graduation rates, test scores, college enrollment, educational attainment || **B**  || * In 2004 80% of the black population graduated from high school Average income, number below poverty level ||  ||   ||   ||
 * **TOPIC** || ==GRADE== || **RATIONALE WITH STATISTICS** || **COMMENTS / SUGGESTIONS** ||
 * **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**
 * 4.3% of the employed population are Asian
 * 12.9% of the employed population are Hispanic
 * Unemployment rate for Black people has gone down
 * Unemployment rate for Asians has gone down
 * For Hispanics the unemployment rate has gone down || * Develop programs to help balance out the employment rates for different races
 * Develop better unemployment programs that are concentrated on minority races. ||
 * **Education**
 * In 2004 16.6% of the black male population graduated from college, and 18.5% of the female population graduated from college.
 * In 2004 53.7% of the asian male population graduated from college, and 45.6% of the asian female population graduated from college
 * In 2004 11.8% of the hispanic male population graduated from college or more and 12.3% of the hispanic female population graduated from college or more.
 * All rates are up || * Make a law, and enforce it saying that every person in the united states must graduate from high school before they area allowed to be offered a job. ||
 * **Income and Poverty**
 * **Behavior** ||  ||   ||   ||