Week Thirteen The Million Man March: Louis Farrakhan Is A Black Power Broker

One of the central moments of 20th century for Black Americans, indeed, for all Americans, was the Million Man March on Washington, D.C.

· Theme: “In the Matter of the the Million Man March”

· Word Up! – “Body Counts, ‘Walk-Ups’ and the NRA” (WAVE Newspapers , April 12, 2000)

· Film Evaluation #11 Due – Training Day (By or before Friday, 6:00pm)

· Film: Get On The Bus (1996, Columbia Pictures, Produced and directed by Spike Lee)

· Reading: Chapter 12, “We don’t talk right. You ask him.” By Joan Wynne, pgs. 203-219from The Skin That We Speak; Appendix, “The New York Times Poll on Race: Optimistic Outlook But Enduring Racial Division,” pgs. 365-394 from How Race Is Lived in America and “Straighten Up and Fly Right: An Improvisation on the Podium” by Stanley Crouch, pgs.245-268 from Black Genius.

There can be no doubt that the future will record the importance of role played by Minister Louis Farrakhan in making the Million Man March a reality.