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Louis Farrakhan: Million Man March Pledge

( 1995 ) Commentary by Wendy Thowdis, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Further Reading

Articles

  • Cose, Ellis. “Watch What They Do.” Newsweek 128, no. 15 (October 7, 1996): 63.
  • Henry, Jessica M. “An Africalogical Analysis of the Million Man March: A Look at the Response to the March as a Measure of Its Effectiveness.” Howard Journal of Communications 9 (1998): 157–168.
  • Marable, Manning. “Black Fundamentalism: Farrakhan and Conservative Black Nationalism.”Race & Class 39, no. 4 (April–June 1998): 1–22.
  • Mollins, Carl. “The New Main Man.” Maclean’s 108, no. 44 (October 30, 1995): 36.
  • West, Michael O. “Like a River: The Million Man March and the Black Nationalist Tradition in the United States.” Journal of Historical Sociology 12, no. 1 (March 1999): 81–100.

Books

  • Cottman, Michael H. Million Man March. New York: Crown, 1995.
  • Gardell, Mattias. In the Name of Elijah Muhammad: Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1996.
  • Madhubuti, Haki R., and Maulana Karenga, eds. Million Man March/Day of Absence: A Commemorative Anthology. Chicago, Ill.: Third World Press, 1996.
  • Magida, Arthur J. Prophet of Rage: A Life of Louis Farrakhan and His Nation. New York: Basic Books, 1996.
  • Walker, Dennis. Islam and the Search for African-American Nationhood: Elijah Muhammad, Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam. Atlanta: Clarity Press, 2005.
  • White, Vibert L., Jr. Inside the Nation of Islam: A Historical and Personal Testimony by a Black Muslim. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2001.

Web Sites

  • “Biographical Sketch of Minister Louis Farrakhan.” Nation of Islam National Center Web site. http://www.noi.org/mlfbio.htm.
  • “Farrakhan Admission on Malcolm X.” CBS News “60 Minutes” Web site. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/05/10/60minutes/main194051.shtml.
  • “The Million Man March.” PBS “This Far by Faith: African American Spiritual Journeys” Web site. http://www.pbs.org/thisfarbyfaith/print/journey5.html.
  • “Minister Farrakhan Challenges Black Men: Transcript from Minister Farrakhan’s Remarks at the Million Man March.” CNN Web site. http://www.cnn.com/US/9510/megamarch/10-16/transcript/index.html.
  • “Transcript of President Clinton’s Speech on Race Relations.” CNN Web site. http://www-cgi.cnn.com/US/9510/megamarch/10-16/clinton/update/transcript.html.

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