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Dayton Daily News series:
Children of the Dream

  In the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. pushed for equal opportunity for black Americans. Thirty years after his death the Dayton Daily News published a five-day series called "Children of the Dream."
  Published April 5-9, 1998, the series focused on black baby-boomers and how they fared in thedecades since Martin Luther King's ``I Have a Dream'' speech.

April 5, 1998, Part 1:
  The dream fulfilled / the dream deferred

  In the 30 years since the death of King, legislationhas opened the doors for better housing and employment. But how have black baby boomers, the first generation to take advantageof the struggle, benefited?
THE DREAM FULFILLED
  - THE DREAM DEFERRED
Their paths to adulthood started thesame, but
diverged when one seized anopportunity
Published: Sunday, April 5, 1998 Page: 1A
By Charlise Lyles DAYTON DAILY NEWS

THE DAYTON DREAM
Local baby boomers focused on the music and culture of theblack experience
Published: Sunday, April 5, 1998 Page: 1E
By Nichelle Smith Dayton Daily News


April 6, 1998, Part 2:
  Privilege and problems in the suburbs

  Rising incomes and fair housing laws have opened Miami Valley suburbs to growing numbers of black people. Yet many blacks have discovered that the advantages of suburbia are offset by new obstacles.
RACE
SUBURBS BECKON
Moving up signals accomplishment but opens a new set of challenges
Published: Monday, April 6, 1998 Page: 1A
By John Keilman Dayton Daily News
DAYTON'S BLACK POPULATION
NORTHWEST CHANGE MAY BE TOO MUCH
* The racial mix, best in the city, is losing white residents.
Published: Monday, April 6, 1998 Page: 5A
By John Keilman Dayton Daily News

April 7, 1998, Part 3:
  What it takes to climb the economic ladder

    Black people have made gains in the workplace, but their incomes still lag behind
  whites. As society moves toward theyear 2000, education and training -- not government
   programs -- will guide advancement.
ELUSIVE EQUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE
Expanded job opportunities were a central part of King's vision
Published: Tuesday, April 7, 1998 Page: 1A
By James Cummings DAYTON DAILY NEWS

UNEMPLOYMENT
NO JOB, FEW PROSPECTS
* Unemployment rates for blacks here double that of whites.
Published: Tuesday, April 7, 1998 Page: 9A
By Marcus Franklin DAYTON DAILY NEWS

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
HE TURNED FRUSTRATION INTO MOTIVATION
* A Dayton man headed WPAFB's equal employment opportunityoffice.
Published: Tuesday, April 7, 1998 Page: 9A
By James Cummings DAYTON DAILY NEWS


April 8, 1998, Part 4:
  Where are Dayton's black leaders?

  Thirty years after the death of the nation's legendary civil rights leader, Dayton's black leadership finds itself challenged by the very benefits that blacks reaped from the civil rights movement.

CHILDREN OF THE DREAM
WHERE ARE THE LEADERS TODAY?
* There is no single voice that can speak for the black population or express the variedviews.
Published: Wednesday, April 8, 1998 Page: 1A
By Charlise Lyles Dayton Daily News

RELIGION
CHURCHES CAN OFFER GUIDANCE, VISION
* Some local churches work to revitalize poorer neighborhoods.
Published: Wednesday, April 8, 1998 Page: 8A
By Charlise Lyles Dayton Daily News

CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS
FEW ARE STEPPING FORWARD
* Many young professionals are busy; others don't see the need.
Published: Wednesday, April 8, 1998 Page: 8A
By Charlise Lyles Dayton Daily News


April 9, 1998, Part 5:
  Where do we go from here?

  Young black Americans, kids of the boomers, will carry Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream into the next century. But whatwill the dream look like? And who will benefit?THE DREAM EVOLVES
The children of baby boomers face different challenges, but race still matters.
Published: Thursday, April 9, 1998 Page: 1A
By Angela Townsend DAYTON DAILY NEWS


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