Week Thirteen In Search of Unity: The Million Man March

Million Man March made indelible mark in history as a gathering, major concern now is capitalizing upon all that Black synergy in moving from the symbolic protest to the pragmatic realization.

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

· Screening: “I Can Dream Again” (Rev. Jesse Jackson at the Million Man March, Washington, D.C.)

· Final Contemporary Issues Group Presentation: “Teenaged and Adolescent Pregnancy in Black America”

· Presentation/Discussion: “A Call for Moral and Spiritual Regeneration” (Special Guest Speaker: Ernie Smith, M.D., Chief of Community Pediatrics, King/Drew Medical Center)

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

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

· Reading: “Prophetic Black Islamic Ethics: Malcolm X, Spiritual Warfare, and Angry Black Love,” pgs. 341-359 from Open Mike; 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.

· Journal Entry: "Would a Million Man March Succeed in America Today (And why, or why not)?"

· Journal Entry: "What Should History Remember in Terms of the Million Man March?"

· Journal Entry: "What Film(s) Would I Make Certain to Screen If I Were Teaching This Class (and why)?"

With the Million Man March in Washington, D.C., Nation of Islam's Louis Farrakhan cemented his place as one of Black America's major leaders for 20th century.