African-American Rights Movements: Million Man March

Was the Million Man March a catalyst for lasting change or just an inspirational moment that fizzled in the weeks that followed? There are few measurable, long-term results from that historic assembly of black men.

Opinion piece on the Million Man March and its lasting impact twenty years later.

Brief overview of the Million Man March. Includes images and excerpts of speeches given.

Text of the pledge that Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan asked black men to take during the Million Man March in Washington.

The Million Man March of 1995 is recreated through the conversation between a young woman and her father, who attended it. He talks about how the event changed his life, and she recalls what it meant to see a poster of the march hanging on the wall of her father's den since she was a girl.