Rev. King's widow continues his struggle for social justice. BLACK HISTORY MONTH This profile is part of a Children's Express focus on prominent blacks who are helping to make "The Dream" come true. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. fought all his life to make a stronger nation. His dream was to make our country equal for all races. After his death, his dream did not die. Coretta Scott King, his

`The first thing (people) might see about Jan Clark is that she is female and that she's black, and then she's Jan Clark." "I would love for people to get to the point where they see Jan Clark, who also happens to be female and black," said Clark, who is human resources director at American Cablevision. Clark doesn't encounter prejudice as much today compared to the past. When she does, she tr

Black South Africans have many obstacles to overcome. Despite winning the right to vote, they still need to achieve equality in housing, employment and education with white residents. To survive, they must end the black-on-black violence as well as the fighting between groups of different races. Only then can they give their children hope for the future. African-Americans face the same difficu

Sometimes diversity is a touchy subject, and people tend to lay off and not say much. But three students of Asian heritage recently interviewed by Y-Press had a lot to say about their identities and place in the United States. Eugene Kwon, 16, was born in Indianapolis and attends North Central High School. His parents emigrated from South Korea around 1978. Ada Wan, 15, was born in Hong Kong and m

Editor's note: In early March, Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura met with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde, R-Ill., who promised quick action on the Hmong veterans bill. Minnesota is home to 70,000 Hmong. When was the last time a newspaper story reported about youths fighting for their parents' rights? Six girls in St. Paul, Minn., are doing just that. Cindy Xiong, 12; Mary Lee Vang, 15; M

As of October, the population of the United States was approximately 273,645,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Only 2,031,000, or less than 1 percent, of those people reported being of American Indian descent. Because they are such a small minority, Indians do everything they can to keep their heritage alive. "Staying in our own race is basically the only way you can keep it alive," said A

According to many linguists, most of the 6,000 languages currently spoken on this earth will be extinct by 2100, and many of those endangered are in the United States. Rose Bean Simpson, 18, of Fairview, N.M.; Nina Junaluska, 18, of Cherokee, N.C.; and Autumn Gomez, 14, of Santa Fe, N.M., speak languages that are in danger of dying out before the century is over. Each of them is American Indian an

Atlanta Braves. Jeep Cherokee. Indianapolis Indians. Tippecanoe County. Florida Seminoles. When you hear these names in everyday speech, do you think about the connection they have to American Indian culture? Though references to their heritage are widespread, American Indians must work to preserve their history. Recently Y-Press talked with George Kanesta, 15, and Angel Boone, 17, from the Zuni r

How could one flag that bears the nation's colors be offensive to so many Americans? While some say it is a symbol of heritage, others say it is a symbol of bondage. The flying of the Confederate flag over the South Carolina Capitol in Columbia was a hot topic earlier this year. South Carolina raised the controversial flag in 1962, when its legislature voted to fly it to commemorate the centennial

Last summer, Children's Express members traveled across the country talking to young people about what it means to be American and live in a country so diverse. Many of the stories collected are being compiled into a book to be published in 1997. We spoke with Sean Sand and Denise Sugawara, two young Japanese-Americans, while they were visiting Indianapolis from Seattle. Sean, 26, lived in In