Tracing the Dream

In honor of the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday earlier this month, Nimo and Jas traced the dream back to the 1960s at the height of the civil rights movement. Following the March on Washington and his famous "I Have A Dream" speech, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, authorizing the federal government to enforce desegregation and prohibit discrimination. We explored Dr. King's tremendous legacy and how that has impacted black people in the United States then and now. Press play to hear:  Reactions to Dr. King's "The Other America" speech on housing discriminationA comparison of social and economic measures within the black population from the 1960s to the present day, such as homeownership rates, incarceration rates, life expectancy, poverty level, education attainment, black-owned businesses, and moreThank you for listening and tune in every other Tuesday where Nimo and Jas keep it Four Degrees to the Streets.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @the4degreespod.Subscribe or send us an email to connect with us!RESOURCES:Read MLK's 'The Other America' Housing Speech As It Turns 55 Years Old - Inman King's Dream Remains an Elusive Goal; Many Americans See Racial DisparitiesUS Census Bureau: Black Americans: A ProfileThe US Income Distribution: Trends and Issues Income of Families and Persons in the United States: 1960Homeownership-Past, Present, and Future Black Homeownership Gap: Research Trends And Why The Growing Gap Matters  Unemployment rate 2.7 percent for people ages 45 to 54, 8.3 percent for 16 to 24 in October 2018 The Unfinished March: An Overview | Economic Policy InstituteExamining the Impact of Structural Racism on Food Insecurity: Implications for Addressing Racial/Ethnic DisparitiesHousehold Food Security in the United States in 2020Obesity - United States, 1988--2008The History of the MBDA | Minority Business Development Agency20 Black-Owned Business Statistics for 2021The Sentencing Project