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Posted on 10/16/2005 7:19:19 AM PDT by Kaslin
The Anti-Defamation League strongly condemned Saturday's Millions More March organized by Nation of Islam chief Louis Farrakhan, calling the event a "sideshow of racists."
A roster of speakers distributed by the organizers of the Millions More Movement to publicize a kick-off event includes several "noted racists and anti-Semites on the extremist fringe," the ADL said, complaining that the event was "tainted with bigotry."
"All along, Louis Farrakhan and his minions have suggested that this march will be different, that it will embrace diversity in a show of solidarity and strength," said Abraham Foxman, ADL National Director. "Now we see what he means."
In a press release issued before the event, the ADL listed several of the speakers it had problems with, including, "CUNY professor Dr. Leonard Jeffries, who has claimed that Jews financed the Atlantic slave trade" and New Black Panther Party leader Malik Zulu Shabazz, who the ADL said was "virulently anti-Semitic and racist."
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They're pretty alliterative for racists.
The bent one, Clinton, has endorsed the march and I hope this causes him problems.
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Did the UFO's show up?
P. and I watched the march last night. The only person making any sense was the lady who talked about marriage being important. I noticed the vicious Malveaux not giving anyone much time to speak either. I would have loved to hear that lady talk about marriage. Otherwise, who cares what the cast characters of mayhem think? I know I know...know thy enemy and all that but if you listened, all they talked is platitudes and not some serious solutions.
Acyually 99.99% of the who day was the dirty version.
whole day; though who dat? might be a question to ask
LOL that was too much. After the poor woman got up and said marriage is important and we're not all bitches and ho's too.
I heard some of the broadcast on CSPAN. My God! They not only distort the truth but they are true racists. This, to me, demonstrates what a thin veneer we have between order and these hatemongers.
I have to say the rapper was better than Wyclef Jean's babbling free rhyming.
I got the impression that even most of the attendees weren't too impressed by the whole affair.
Did any of the speakers mention the death of C. Delores Tucker?
I have a feeling I should be embarassed that I don't know who you're talking about.
From WaPost article.
In Memoriam: C. DeLores Tucker
October 13, 2005
C. DeLores Tucker in the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery March
Tucker (3rd from left) marched for civil rights with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (4th from left) in the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery March.
Our movement lost a visionary leader yesterday, with the passing of Dr. C. DeLores Tucker, a tireless activist for women's rights and civil rights. "She had as heart as big as Pennsylvania, yet she was absolutely determined and unflappable. Whatever the issue, she had a laser-like focus on what needed to be done and you just couldn't say 'no' to her," said NOW President Kim Gandy.
Dr. Tucker marched from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., side-by-side with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1965 and soon became the first African-American women to serve as a Secretary of State (Pennsylvania, 1971-1977). Her efforts helped make Pennsylvania one of the first states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. As a member of the Democratic National Committee, Dr. Tucker was deeply involved in efforts to ensure that women were equally represented at all levels of the Democratic party, and she was a primary organizer of the women's caucus.
C. DeLores Tucker at the 2003 Interepid Awards Gala
Tucker attended NOW's 2003 Intrepid Awards Gala.
She was the founding chair in 1984 of the National Political Congress of Black Women, and succeeded the late Hon. Shirley Chisholm as national chair of the organization, now called the National Congress of Black Women, in 1992. As Chair of the NCBW, Dr. Tucker led the fight to include suffrage leader Sojourner Truth in the unfinished "portrait monument" at the Capitol, which depicts only white suffrage leaders, and through her efforts, legislation to accomplish this mission was introduced by Rep. Major Owens and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. She also led a public campaign against "gangsta rap" and misogynistic lyrics, which brought the wrath of record producers and performers like Tupac Shakur — but, as always, she was not deterred.
C. DeLores Tucker enriched our lives with her love and commitment, and she leaves an enormous legacy. Our sympathy and condolences go out to her devoted husband of many decades, William "Bill" Tucker, who was always by her side and ours.
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