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Progress of Economic Equality of African Americans

FILE - The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial with the Washington Monument in the background on Jan. 21, 2019, in Washington. In a nod to Martin Luther King's historic 1963 March on Washington, several Muslim American groups have organized what they are calling a "March on Washington for Gaza" to call for a ceasefire in the region. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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FILE - The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial with the Washington Monument in the background on Jan. 21, 2019, in Washington. In a nod to Martin Luther King's historic 1963 March on Washington, several Muslim American groups have organized what they are calling a "March on Washington for Gaza" to call for a ceasefire in the region. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

The most well known Martin Luther King Jr speech, "I have a dream," was delivered in August 1963 at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Dr. King always had a keen focus on economic issues. He died in 1968 and we have celebrated this holiday since 1986. So what has been the arc of progress with respect to economic inequality between Black and White Americans?

We discuss this issue with Thomas Maloney who is an economics professor at the University of Utah who has studied economic inequality for many years.

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