The Million Man March Pledge

[Dwnsoufboi870]

@blackamoor009, its no shock $ is your concern...but accomplishment??? well, still to this day in the hearts & minds of many the spirit of the march lives on brother for one. the accomplishment is on our shoulder's whether we take it or shrug it off.....repeat after minister: I STATE YOUR NAME!!!!

[carlo88moe]

a little redundant but okay

[ayobreak]

Farrakhan turnd out & shut down the U.S govt Capital in DC on this day. He shut down all 4 branches of the govt(Congress closed, Senate closed, Supreme court closed, the White Hse got shut down- Pres. Clinton leftd twn & went to Houston).He turnd out that White man House & lefted it black & even had those white folks give it a Muslim name(Obama). He did it with out even bringing a can of paint; now that's BLACK MAGJIC! Whn I got thr frm SF Bay Area & saw over 2mil heads, I was in Shock & AWE!

[Blackamoor009]

Can anybody name one significant accomplishment that came from the Million Dollar March? What did Farrakhan do with all that money?

[j0nblz]

@Blackamoor009 ..Probably to deal with the inevitable haters, the MMM was the only march I know of to give an independent and public financial audit. You can read it at TinyURL[DOT]com/mmm-audit

[MsFierceFab]

i remember my mom made me stay home from school so we could watch this on tv LOL

[j0nblz]

@TheLizardKing1967: Among some good was: Following the March, The National Association of Black Social Workers reported a flood of 13,000 new applications to adopt Black children............... 1.5 million Black men registered to vote in the months following the March................... Black social, civic and religious institutions reported sharp membership increases...... It also directly challenged the image of Black men portrayed around the world by mainstream (White) corporate media.

[TheLizardKing1967]

@j0nblz And now we have OBAMA baby in the White House and everything is going to hell in a hand basket. WAY TO GO !!! YEAH !!!! LOL

[Caucasianpride1]

It was a good chance for the police to arrest all those scumbags. Chance missed..

[Love954]

@Caucasianpride1 they didn't have the guts to do it, idiot!! u mad?

[dmurphy2026]

@Caucasianpride1 I'm white and i don't understand how you can be that racist. Your the type of scumbag the world has had enough of.

[Zirious23]

@lekotar the unification of a family of brothers.

[Tasbah]

This man facinates me!! <3

[ilovecrayons123]

3:57 we cant promise than won YO

[ilovecrayons123]

3:28 white man FAIL

[judoandpeace]

good to see some arab representation on the march.

forward brothers.

[luckynite12]

My black people, when are you going to take this pledge again and mean it. Where is the respect for each other, stop the killings, Please!

[koolkidJavon]

We United before and this is proof...whats stoppin us from doin it again????

[MuayThaiFighter2009]

GREAT Speech!!! I almost wanna go out and create another million man march!!!

[ederrick987]

I along with a friend attended this historic gathering on the Washington DC mall, by literally driving none stop from Los Angeles in record time. Words cannot fully express what we witness and part take in on that fateful Oct day in 1995. Yes we made a pledge before the whole world and declared our intention to take ownership of our destiny.

Min Farrakhan pointed us in the right direction, the responsibility now rest upon each and everyone of our shoulder to march on...

[Notasheep187]

JUST KIDDING

[Notasheep187]

a very nice speech well done

[Notasheep187]

im a proud white man with white pride. I love people being proud of there race God bless Farrakhan. White power and Black Power.

[jbrou21]

while i commend Farrakhan and all the men who appeared at this event, it was unrealistic to think that this would fix the problem of racism that will always exist in our country.

[thatswhatisaidyeah]

God bless Farrakhan....

[JGREEN3575]

Wow,this video is powerful.

Lets get it together people.

[theblackpoet]

every time i see this video, it brings me to tears - for so many reasons.. I Love My People, The Nation of Islam, and The Minister Louis Farrakhan.

[TgoTheBeatBanga]

Brothers, We took the pledge.....In front of The Whole World!!!.....Why sit and wait or blame The Hon. Min. for what we haven't done? God blessed us with an opportunity out of his grace, thru Min. Farrakhan, to come to attention and think about what we have/are doing to hold our own people down. The Min. did his job. He cant save us...Its on Us. What have you done since you took the pledge brothers? Ask yourself, Not What has Farrakhan done..He is on his post. But are we? Thank You Min.

[lekotar]

I'm eastern european and what is this?

[getDun2012]

@lekotar something that has nothing to do with u or your kind

[tufforcop]

@getDun2012 Great way to live up to the spirit of the march there getDun2012. Your kind? what is he a Turnip? what are you? Sheep?

Lekotar it was a chance for one group to come together and try to make a statement... would have been nice had they done more than gone back home, pat themselves on the back and sat on thier couches and waited for others to make the pledge work...

[studentcap]

We can never say that Minister Farrakhan did not do his job, the question is are we living up to the pledge that we made on this day?

[SeekTheTruth7890]

I was there, there were only about 300-500 people actually there. Amazing what a name and the media can do. Some cool zoom in to make it seem as if there was anywhere close to a million people there... right. 300-500 people. I shit you not.

[bcolemaqn16]

Man i think we need more of this.... black people need another revolution.... our voice needs to be heard!!!!

[ditdatdot]

@bcolemaqn16

why? whats the white people done to you now? lol

[0AhmadMetallic0]

if Iron Maiden jumped on stage and performed infront of those two million people, it'd be the greatest gig in the history of man kind

[mckinzymichael]

History has shown that the word of a man is only as good as the man that gave it, since I am a man of my word, time has come for me to make good on my Million Man March Pledge that I gave at the Million Marn March on October 16, 1995!-Born to do battle, drafted at birth!-Michael E. McKinzy, Sr.-07-30-2010

[PoutinePete]

ATTENTION BLACK MEN OF AMERICA: Direct all of your focus and energy towards these 5 things & your lives will change for the better very, very quickly: CHURCH, FAMILY, EDUCATION, CAREER & COMMUNITY. Give this a thumbs up if you agree!

[pitchblack345]

I remember being there myself. I was only 17 with my father and grandfather. Best day of my life.

[blissfullyme1980]

It's sad for me to watch this because Massive BM do not follow this at all.

[gwitt7]

GREAT RESPECT to the Farrakhan. Beautiful message. Emotionally stirring but i wonder how many brother are living up to their pledge.

[Freethinkersclubuk]

So much for Farrakhan being a racist. What a wonderful moment. 2 million black men, not one arrest. This just brought tears to my eyes. I'm so proud.

[apologeticsman]

@Freethinkersclubuk oh, believe me he is a racist of the lowest rank. The only real difference between him and KKK people, is that the KKK are either more honest about it, or are less intelligent.

[89andyman]

dam i didnt know black people did all these things

[CoolScoobydoo]

I think there needs to be another million man march in 2011. It was interesting it was in 1995 in the year of the new GOP led Congress.

[citymontreal]

kinda positive hypnosys

[Shareeberrie]

Goosebumps!

[Zyrtez]

They just had to focus on the priest during the mention of "little boys." To pledge to not sexually abuse children was insulting.

[ekushhh]

Beautiful. Where's our 21st century Farrakhan?

[MrJamell21]

our 21st century farrakhan is us, we are our farrakhan for the 21st century!!!

[jblive1985]

@ekushhh the minister is still alive brother

[reubenmuhammad]

I was on that Mall, and took that Pledge, and I have to say, looking back on it nearly 15 years later, that was truly a HUGE event, in the Divine Scheme of things...and I thank Allah(God) for allowing me to be a part of it!! Long Live the Spirit of the Million Man March!!

[xoff999]

Now... if only people followed this pledge.

[warpussnoluv]

Its good to denounce evil in public !

[spareaxe]

Nice but, not much improved.

[swordsmengod]

God Is Great look at the Power of the see of the black man.

[Ahmad770]

My 4th grade teacher, Ms. Harris, sent the students home early so that we could catch it on TV before it ended. She didn't want us to miss this historic moment in history.

I made it home a little after 2pm and turned on the television to KTVU (Fox affiliate in the Bay Area).

I saw something I never saw in my life....a Black man speaking on the steps of the Nation's Capital to almost 2 million other Black men.

[nodlew1943]

@Ahmad770 That was a very wise school teacher. Just curious, did she catch flack for doing that? Or was the principle just as wise.

[budfebreze]

@Ahmad770 There were 850k ppl there... not 2 mn.

[dipmode]

talk about inspiration!!!

[Blueupsi3]

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity,Inc. had a vital force in this . We were well represented.

[thejazzmusician]

that's right brother blu phi!!!

[AQUARIUM1984WTW]

I was there it was very nice to see the man that knows whats right!