Million Man March Analysis

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On October 1995, black men marched to Washington after the call from Louis Farrakhan, who started the march, it was held around the national mall. The march was organized by black civil rights activists and comprised of the National Association for the advancement of colored people and the national Islam group who rallied people to march to Washington in the year 1995. The main point they were driving was to portray a different picture of the Black male and to make a union against economic and social ills that were faced by black American families. The committee of the event had invited very many motivational speakers to address the African American men from all over United States who had converged in Washington. This march took a grassroots …show more content…

The murder cases and wrongful convictions that black men faced was staggering high. The law enforcement and the department of justice played a role in wrongfully convicting black males in correctional facilities. Many black males was serving many years in jail for crimes they did not commit. The march was to bring into light and protest against it. The extra-judicial killings that were carried out by the police was also an issue of concern that faced the black community. The event organizers were for the idea that the challenges that faced the black community needed to be addressed and be heard by policymakers and the government of the say. They believed that the government was upfront in making the lives of young black American children hard to live through skewed policy and impotent welfare programs that yielded nothing to the community of black people. Among the challenges facing black children include insufficient parenting, poor or substandard educational programs and facilities and poverty courtesy of poor pay that their parents …show more content…

Black males were seen with utmost suspension as being criminals and they are sacrificed for crimes they did not commit. The society had associated everything evil to the blacks and anyone of them who had succeeded was being associated with drug trafficking and money laundering. Although the event was a success according to analysts, the event has attracted a number of criticism based on different factors. These factors include the gender parity debate. The feminists argued that the event was discriminating based on gender. The attendees were all male with disregard to the female counterparts. According to them, the event undermined the women and treating them as if they could not fight for the society and that male gender was treated as if they were the ones to take the upfront while women remained at home. In conclusion, the Million Man March was organized for the black American men to protest against the social, political and economic evils that had ensued on the black community in the United States in General. The main agenda was to protest against being sidelined by policymakers and the political leaders in the society. The Million Men March had an estimated attendance of 669,600 blacks who were protesting unemployment, poor income, negative stereotypes, wrongful convictions, and extrajudicial

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