Are These Presidential Candidates Carrying Out King's Dream?

How these front-runners are doing on major issues.

Carrying Out the Dream - These presidential candidates are front-runners in the 2016 elections. BET.com rates them on the big issues that would fulfill Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of equality in education, reproductive health, police-community relations and income. (Photos from Left: Ethan Miller/Getty Images, Justin Sullivan/Getty Images, Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Carrying Out the Dream - These presidential candidates are front-runners in the 2016 elections. BET.com rates them on the big issues that would fulfill Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of equality in education, reproductive health, police-community relations and income. (Photos from Left: Ethan Miller/Getty Images, Justin Sullivan/Getty Images, Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Hillary Clinton - Education: Through the Every Student Succeeds Act, Clinton looks to ensure all children receive an adequate education, especially "low-income" and students of color.  Reproductive health: Clinton has called for an end to the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits government health care covering abortions for women. It is “a fundamental human right,” she said. Police-community relations: Though she has met with Black Lives Matter protesters, Clinton has not publicly acknowledged support of the movement during her campaign. She has released a thorough plan to improve police-community relations.  Income: Clinton is looking to push increasing taxes for the wealthy in America and has spoken out on income inequality.Rating: 3/4. (Photo: Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

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Donald Trump - Education: Trump is against Common Core standards and if he becomes president, would cut the Department of Education. Reproductive Health: "Planned Parenthood should absolutely be defunded," Trump said on Fox News in October.Police-Community Relations: Although Donald has admitted, "Black Lives Matter" he is very much pro-police rights. "We have to give power back to the police because we have to have law and order," he said on Meet the Press.Income Inequality: According to his campaign website, Trump wants to cut taxes for the middle class, allow more people to keep their money and prevent the deficit from rising. Rating: 0.5/4(Photo: Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

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Bernie Sanders - Education: Sanders wants progressive change on education. He wants college tuition to be free and early childhood education to be affordable and to put an end to No Child Left Behind policies.Reproductive health: Sanders has always been an advocate for pro-choice.Police-community relations: He was the first to meet with Black Lives Matter protesters and also visited the site where Freddie Gray was arrested by Baltimore police and spoken out on the Sandra Bland case. He has proclaimed "Black Lives Matter" during the debates. Income Inequality: As president, Sanders wants to ensure that the "wealthy and large corporations pay their fair share in taxes." He also wants to raise the minimum wage.Rating: 3.5/4(Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)

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Ben Carson - Education: Carson wants to reduce college tuition, focus on giving special needs children more fulfilling life opportunities, better teacher's pay and ensure all Americans have a fair opportunity to attend schools that will help them have successful futures.Reproductive choice: The doctor is against abortion and wants to see Roe Vs. Wade overturned.Police-community relations: “I’m not aware of a lot of cases where a police officer comes up to someone like you and says ‘Hey, I don’t like you. I’m going to shoot you,’” he said during a BET special. “I’m still waiting for the evidence.” Income Inequality: Carson wants to implement a flat rate tax for all income at 14.9 percent. This will apply to those only 150 percent above the federal poverty tax line.Rating: 2/4 (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Martin O'Malley - Reproductive Health: O'Malley believes the decision to have an abortion should be between a woman and her doctor and the government should not be part of it.Education: Debt-free college is the goal under O'Malley's campaign.Police-Community Relations: “We have to make all our institutions more open and transparent," O'Malley said during a Democratic activists in April 2015. As a former mayor of Baltimore, he says he has implemented strategies that reduced the rate of violent deaths against Black men.Income Inequality: O'Malley is consistent with fellow Democratic candidates in that he wants to increase the minimum wage and expand Social security benefits. Rating: 3/4(Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Sen. Ted Cruz - Reproductive Health: Sen. Ted Cruz has said that he's against abortion and supported an end to Planned Parenthood. He has claimed the organization is "selling body parts of human beings," during a GOP debate in September 2015.Education: Common Core is not something Cruz would keep as president. He wants the government regulations on education out of the classroom.  Police-Community Relations: Cruz has called protests and uprisings against police-involved deaths, a "war on police." He believes that the government is taking away local and state police's power to regulate their constituents. Income Inequality: Cruz has acknowledged a growing gap of inequality between the low-income and the wealthy in society. But he doesn't believe the government should have control over making changes and wants taxes cut.Rating: 0/4(Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)