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...powerful show of solidarity. But this coming together of black females has not received the media attention it deserves. The Million Man March, two years ago, was a highly publicized event, in part because it was sponsored by the controversial leader of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakan...
Does a single-sex show of solidarity have to be highly controversial in order to be extensively covered by the media? The Promise Keepers gathered in Washington last month and the press could not get enough of the potentially dangerous fundamentalist Christians; prior to the Million Man March, Farrakan had often been associated with a threatening militarism...
...This march is not focused on Farrakan's own cause, but on the problems of all black men. My critique will be working, but I'll be there," he said...
During a question and answer period, West discussed Monday's Million-Man March on Washington, a political protest led by Louis Farrakan...
West said he will be attending despite his problems with Mr. Farrakan's positions...