Urban League asks: ‘Is the American Dream dead?’ In Kansas and US, obstacles look overwhelming.

By: Mark McCormick

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: October 7, 2026

Words: 882

Last Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago

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The National Urban League, in its latest and 50th edition of the State of Black America, asks a haunting question: “Is the American Dream dead?” This question has a particular resonance with Black Americans as the nation marks its 250th birthday, but also a particular answer.

American enslavement lasted some 246 years. Segregation, another 89, and that just takes us to 1954. Racists killed teenager Emmett Till in 1955. Also that year, Rosa Parks …

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