January 17, 2011
“When most of us think about the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., what comes to mind is his role in the real progress toward racial equity that this country has achieved over the 38 years since his death, in areas such as employment, voting rights, housing, and education. Despite the major racial and ethnic gaps that still exist in each of these areas, concrete, measurable gains have been realized, and as a nation we should be justly proud.
“We should be equally humbled and chagrined by the vast racial and ethnic disparities and inequities that continue — 42 years after passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 — in Americans’ health status and access to health care…”
