Posted on 10/13/2005 12:49:15 PM PDT by Pikamax
'Millions More' Not Adding Up To the Original Celebration Begins Tomorrow
By Robert E. Pierre and Hamil R. Harris Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, October 13, 2005; B01
Ask black men who attended the Million Man March in 1995 about the experience, and a typical response is a smile and a gaze into a faraway place followed by wistful remembrances of the "brothers" they met and the lift in spirits they felt for weeks and months after it was over.
Keith Brockington missed the inspiring pep rallies in advance of the march, the caravan of buses from all over the country and the chance to stand on the Mall to be counted. He was in Germany, a staff sergeant in the Air Force, repairing aircraft and wishing he were home.
Now a civilian and settled in his native Baltimore, Brockington, 49, has a bus seat reserved for this weekend's 10th anniversary celebration -- and he plans to bring six or seven children from his apartment complex whom he helps with homework and takes on field trips. "I have to be there," he said. "I missed the Million Man March."
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Well, as a side benefit they did, each and every one, come away from the event with a deeper understanding of the number 17.
"Curious, what is the purpose of this march?"
OK, now that I've seen some of it coverd on C-SPAN, I know the purpose. To spew racial hatred and call for the extermination of whites. Interesting.
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