The Million Man March was a Black march of protest and unity convened by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan in Washington, DC on October 16, 1995. The event included efforts to register African Americans to vote in US Elections and increase black involvement in volunteerism and community activism. Speakers also offered a strong criticism of the conservative offensive of Republicans after the 1994 congressional elections (most notably the Contract with America), characterized as an attack on programs like welfare, Medicaid, housing programs, student aid programs and education programs. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An election is a decision making process whereby people vote for preferred political candidates or parties to act as representatives in government. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. ... This article deals with conservatism as a political philosophy. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Seal of the U.S. Congress. ... The Contract with America was a document released by the Republican Party of the United States during the 1994 Congressional election campaign. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Medicaid is the US health insurance program for individuals and families with low incomes and resources. ...

Many whites were critical or ambivalent about the march due to some of the more controversial figures associated with it (such as Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam, criticized as racist, sexist and anti-Semitic) and many considered the male-only event sexist. Mumia Abu-Jamal (along with others of the political left) praised the large turnout of blacks but criticized the event's religious overtones and lack of radicalism. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... The sign of the headquarters of the National Association Opposed To Woman Suffrage Sexism is commonly considered to be discrimination and/or hatred against people based on their sex rather than their individual merits, but can also refer to any and all systemic differentiations based on the sex of the... The Eternal Jew: 1937 German poster. ... The sign of the headquarters of the National Association Opposed To Woman Suffrage Sexism is commonly considered to be discrimination and/or hatred against people based on their sex rather than their individual merits, but can also refer to any and all systemic differentiations based on the sex of the... This articles section called Court proceedings and controversies surrounding the 1982 trial does not cite its references or sources. ... In politics, left-wing, the political left or simply the left are terms that refer to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of, to varying extents, socialism, green politics, anarchism, communism, social democracy, progressivism, American liberalism or social liberalism, and defined in contradistinction... Religious is a term with both a technical definition and folk use. ...

According to voter registration statistics, one and a half million Black men registered to vote in the months following the March, leading David Bositis of the Joint Center for Economic Studies to remark, "In reviewing the sharp increase in the black male vote, I might find it highly implausible that there was another factor that rivaled the Million Man March in bringing about this change."

Following the 1995 Million Man March, The National Association of Black Social Workers (NABSW) reported a flood of 13,000 applications to adopt Black children. Though startlingly impressive, this was not a spontaneous phenonemon. Concurrently to the march, the NABSW launched an initiative, the Fist Full of Families Nationwide Adoption Initiative, as part of its goal to limit transracial adoption and encourage African-American families to adopt African-American children. Their policy echoes the calls from Farrakhan's podium to "save the race." This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity was the only African-American Fraternity to co-sponsor the March. They provided space and additional resources for March organizers at its Washington, D.C. International Headquarters. Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. ...

Speakers

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• U.S. Rep. Charlie Rangel - House of Representatives
• Donald Payne - Congressional Black Caucus
• Rosa Parks - American Civil Rights Movement heroine
• Maya Angelou - Author and Poet
• Cornel West - Intellectual
• Rev. Jesse Jackson - Civil Rights Leader
• Benjamin Chavis - Civil Rights Leader
• Stevie Wonder - Singer
• Isaac Hayes - Singer
• Hammer - Rapper
• Louis Farrakhan - Nation of Islam leader (transcript of remarks)
• Kurt Schmoke - Mayor of Baltimore
• Marion Barry - Mayor of Washington, D.C.
• Mike Tyson - Boxer of San Francisco, CA

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Crowd size controversy

March organizers estimated the crowd size at between 1.5 and 2 million people while the United States Park Police officially estimated the crowd size at 400,000. The Park Police figure was the figure reported widely by U.S. mass media but both figures were discredited by a subsequent Boston University study. Farrakhan threatened to sue the National Park Service due to the controversial low estimate from the Park Police. After the Million Man March, the Park Police decided to discontinue providing official crowd estimates. The United States Park Police is the oldest uniformed federal law enforcement agency in the United States. ... Mass media is a term used to denote, as a class, that section of the media specifically conceived and designed to reach a very large audience (typically at least as large as the whole population of a nation state). ... For the unrelated Jesuit university in Chestnut Hill, see Boston College. ... A lawsuit is a civil action brought before a court in which the party commencing the action, the plaintiff, seeks a legal remedy. ... The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. ...

Three days after the march, Dr. Farouk El-Baz and a team of ten research associates and graduate students at the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University released an estimate of 870,000 people in with a margin of error of about 25 percent. They arrived at this figure by enlarging aerial photographs taken by the Park Service and counting crowd density. Farouk El-Baz Farouk El-Baz is an Egyptian-born scientist who worked with NASA training astronauts in lunar observations. ... For the unrelated Jesuit university in Chestnut Hill, see Boston College. ... The top portion of this graphic depicts probability densities that show the relative likelihood that the true percentage is in a particular area given a reported percentage of 50%. The bottom portion of this graphic shows the margin of error, the corresponding zone of 99 % confidence. ...

They later revised that figure to 837,000 +/- 20%, or from 670,000 to 1,004,000. This revision was made when the Park Service provided original 35mm negatives; the first count was made with scanned printed photographs. Simulated 35 mm film with soundtracks _ The outermost strips (on either side) contain the SDDS soundtrack as an image of a digital signal. ...

See also

• Millions More Movement, launched by a broad coalition of Black leaders to mark the commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the historic Million Man March.
• Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
• List of protest marches on Washington, DC
• Get on the Bus, a 1996 Spike Lee movie related to the march.

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Other movements that based their name on the Million Man March

• Million Mom March, gun violence awareness group.
• Million Dads March Network, worldwide network of activists and advocates.
• Million Worker March, response to jobs lost under the George W. Bush administration.
• Million Marijuana March, yearly cannabis events worldwide in May.

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External links

• CNN - Million Man March - Oct. 16, 1995
• Smithsonian Institute Photographs
• Boston University Press Release - Oct. 27, 1995
• NPR Interviews: Louis Farrakhan and the Million Man March
• Million Man March 10th Anniversary