What Happened to the ‘Other’ Million Man March?
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. “The men and boys communed, shared, laughed, cried, introduced themselves to strangers, formed new relationships, testified to sons, grandsons, confessed, rejoiced, wrote notes and letters to their wives, girlfriends, and mates.” -Haki Madhubuti, October 16, 1995 When Egyptian demonstrators announced an indefinite strike and called for a “million man march” in Cairo to topple President Hosni Mubarak’s crumbling regime, it evoked another “million man march” that occurred sixteen years ago. On October 16, 1995, hundreds of thousands of black men gathered together for a rally on the Mall in Washington, D.C. The theme of this massive and peaceful…
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What Happened to the ‘Other’ Million Man March?
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