Katrina Coverage

WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans frustrated by the slow response to victims of Hurricane Katrina should channel their energy to changing their communities, Jesse Jackson told thousands gathered for the 10th anniversary of the Million Man March.

"We need millions more to act and react to what we saw in the gulf," the civil rights leader said. "Images were burned into our consciousness."

In 1995, the march called on black men to take responsibility for improving their families and communities. Women, whites and other minorities had not been invited back then, but all were welcome to the Millions More Movement, which intends to build on those principles and push people to build a movement for change locally and nationally…

You can read the DUmmies defending Farrakhan himself here, including this:

99% of what was said by Farrakan today I have read at DU in many threads.

See also “Final solution” advocated at Million Man March Katrina forum on CSPAN

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