Malcolm X on the March on Washington

Dear friends,

Growing up in activist family, I remember this period quite well. Also, the tape on the link below by Malcolm being circulated throughout Black communities in America, during that time. This claim by Malcolm wasn't refuted then, and to this very day hasn't been! That super Uncle Tom congressman John Lewis is still around basking about the "Civil Rights Movement".

G. Djata Bumpus
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Looking back a month later - was it a Party or a March on Washington?

Dear friends,

With all of the problems in Washington DC alone, why wasn't there anything happening, regarding "community service" for genuine community development?

Instead, it was just a lot of people "celebrating". I remember vividly, as a child growing up in an activist family, leafleting the housing projects where I lived - door-to-door about the upcoming march, while my Mother and older brothers sold tickets for the buses that were traveling there. Even then, the only people who were buying tickets, much less attending, were people who were already actively involved in The Movement. Today, the crowd is made up of a bunch of party revelers.  Please think about it.

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