Potential gdp is a concept to get your arms around because we dont know what the productivity growth is going to do in the future and not so much of the gdp growth but where can you push the Unemployment Rate safely. What kind of policy rules to use referring to this some put more weight on the output gap and others last. One of the reason is we get this uncertainty problems or to put you in the direction in that respect. [inaudible] we would have called for the funds. Which other as far as prescription what you proposed as far as the prescription which the fed proposed into the communication [inaudible] september 17 the committee released a Statement Today i suppose the question is what has changed between the end of august and the 24th of september in so far as this stuff is concerned . Thank you. A rule that i proposed ages ago i still like and its one thing to think about. Its held up over time. Its worse in different countries. The attempts to modify it are great. If they tell you that the ideal Interest Rate rate would be below zero, what is that the fed should do that they didnt do that didnt have to buy the mortgagebacked securities. By the mortgagebacked securities since specified by that particular situation. The question that was asked before is the Interest Rates need to do more to increase the money supply. If you need to do something i think a lot of the discussion is about particular events and episodes that you want to react to that i part of that rule is when it hits zero or one utah to focus on the Interest Rate you focus on money growth as i said that is a welldefined policy when it hits zero you do this and if its above zero you do that and it is a rule in a strategy of were you sending mixed signals in september . Everybody will have an emphasis but i think the message was pretty consistent it depends on the data and in everything that has been said by others, the local Economic Development in the Financial Markets are important in terms of the monetary decision so i think at the end of the day people are exaggerating that we are pretty much all on the same page. Please join me in thanking. [applause] we would appreciate if you could pick up the papers at your feet and theres recycling outside. Thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] if you missed any of this discussion we will re air it on the networks and into view at any time online. Go to the cspan video library. Nbc news is reporting today that former House Speaker will plead guilty in his case resulting charges that he lied to the fbi at a Bank Withdrawals when he alleged to pay Sexual Misconduct under wraps. The politician who wasnt in the chicago federal courtroom when the agreement was announced will appear on october 28200 plead. Its unclear whether it caused for 73 to serve prison time it will however made need to try to keep the details of the misdeeds secret. News president obama was going to keep more troops in afghanistan than he planned. The the precedent set following consultation im announcing the following steps for the progress we will maintain 9800 troops through next year into the mission will not change and we will continue training and going after al qaeda this will allow us to assist Afghan Forces as they grow and we will maintain 5500 troops in a small number of cases. Again the mission will not change and some congressional reaction in the form of a statement from the Armed Service Committee Chair john mccain says im pleased president obama decided to keep the troops in afghanistan to perform the rite Missions Beyond 2016 both in and outside of kabul. However concerned the number of troops will not be sufficient to perform the critical tasks being set for the Counter Terrorism and continuing to train and advise the afghan partners. Again it is from senator john mccain. We expect more about this decision later today when the secretary tim carter will be talking with reporters. You can watch that on the companion network cspan. Known as the city of good neighborhoods this weekend to cspan cities tour joined by Time Warner Cable explores the history and literary life of buffalo new york. We will visit the mark twain room at the public county library whose centerpiece the pages of the original handwritten manuscript on the adventures of Huckleberry Finn and will feature the book against the grain of a string of the first ward. The irish settled in this neighborhood because they came over across the atlantic during the famine and in the years after things still were not great and it would take maybe one relative to find out about these plentiful jobs along the waterfront working in the Grain Elevators and then go back to ireland and come to buffalo you wanted to become rich but you would have steady employment so they came to the neighborhood and to its name because when buffalo first was created in 1832 as a city is divided and along the waterfront and along the Buffalo River it has always been the first. On American History tv on september 6, 1901 president William Mckinley was assassinated in buffalo. We will tour the gun then discover the history of the buffalo waterfront and how its adapted for the nations green center to the modern redevelopment. Originally built for Different Companies lets say all owned by rick smith. We take people around the Grain Elevators and theres a Theatrical Productions and poetry readings and also the different uses for these Historic Site loads. See all the programs are saturday at 6 p. M. On cspan2 booktv and sunday afternoon at two on American History tv on cspan three. The cspan city tour working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. This month marks the 20th anniversary of the million man march. Next its a million for justice march commemorating the 95 event. The reverend was the keynote speaker this year like he was in 1995. He spoke for over two hours. We will show the complete program now. This is just over five hours [background sounds] has attacked is come to prayer. Is come to success. There is no god but allah. And mohammed is the messenger of allah. Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, brother or perez will take hold. We are called to be with us to guide us and work to build unity among people so as we call the directions we are going to place in each direction the sun, the south represents the water, the children in the north of the elders and the stars and universe to another to mother earth. Is a think thank gave another hand. Leading our christian prayer from detroit michigan, reverend anthony who brought from detroit here again today to lead our christian prayer. This is the day the lord has made let us rejoice and be glad. This is the day that god has made let us rejoice and be glad in this day. Stay with me god of our fathers and mothers we pause to give you thanks and praise. We come from every corner of this nation and many parts of the world to come to celebrate the fly of this matter, black lives matter, that our people matter. We come in a city laid out by the hands and minds and visions of those that laid out so well and others have taken it and distorted the meaning and significance of what we do here. We come at a time when all is not well with other people. We come moaning and groaning in a sense of faith. 20 years ago we came for justice. 20 years later we still come for justice. For the lord loves justice and righteousness the righteous shall be for the evildoers to shuffle into tierney. God bless us from the core four corners from la to ferguson of mississippi to alabama and new york area to bless us all mighty god, strengthen us and to prepare if not for what we do today that make us better that we will be tomorrow when we go back home. When we go back home to engage in the action, the building, the working, the loving, the hoping of our people. Strengthen us for you have not given us the strength or feeling of powerlessness that one of strength and power. Thank you for the minister who pulled us together. But its work be the spark that ignites a fire in all our hearts to do what we must do. We are not here for the naysayers. We know so many of our people. Lift us up so we can hold each other up as we stood on the street and his men poured out of the bus to lift them up as we go home let us were out our communities and lift each other up. Whether we be muslim, christian, hindu, buddhist, atheist, no matter what we are let us all work for the power power that we find in the living god. All of those that are doing his will say amen to. And no prayer by the student minister right here in washington, d. C. From the nation of islam with our hands cut join us in prayer. In the name of the merciful all praise is due to allah the lord of the world. Do we serve the guide us on the right path of those upon whom have restored our favors and those upon whom the rest has been brought down. Now in the tradition by bishop in the ministry whose work for this great day together. Good morning. In the tradition of our ancestors, the word is basically saying do you hear me into the response is yes i do so i will call three times to you and the students. Mother earth we thank you because without you we could not access. We thank you for the blood that flows through our veins and for it is you we thank you because of one thought you helped give us a beautiful day. We thank you for the lewis minister fare and whos put his hands through the cloud for all of those that come across the country that have brought energy here and made it possible today we thank you for the youth and because you are the future and walking libraries and we thank you for bringing peace and harmony into giving us the strength to carry on to make sure its not just a decision but manifested come true we thank you. We thank you for and i pray blessing for every person here in your home and life are those that love and prosper. Thank you for blessing this day. Thank you for this house here that they will hear this call and they will move that spirit to make sure justice is equal for everybody. He will housing and health and prosperity. We thank you for every man and woman and child and every person black, brown, red, white, we thank you for the community they are part of the family we thank you for not only hearing these prayers we thank you for answering the prayers and we say thank you. Brothers and sisters those that are sitting up front i wish you could see what i see. Its poured down rain last night and the people are ring in here today. Put your hands together and give the mighty god a mighty praise of what hes doing today. And now i bring to you. Its the most powerful and dynamic young preachers in the nation. [applause] we will rejoice and be clad. We are here on assignment today. We showed up because within our spirit we heard the call and we answered the call that it is time to break the chain of oppression of tests our people. In america our people have been challenged and broken. We have tried at the injustice that we have seen in the world. We are here because we are agents. We are changemakers and god is calling us to rise up just as the phoenix rise up from the best we can declare our birthright and the earth. We are standing here today in our authority. The psychological change of oppression has kept us in bondage but today is a new day and breaks the spirit of oppression we call out everything that is soft to keep us in bondage. First corinthians 316 says you are god and your body houses a temple of god and so we are claiming our divine birthright and the king is returning to the kingdom and the queen is returning to earth her throne and we say to you today shake yourself from the dust and rise up, you mighty people. I hear the chains falling. I hear the chains falling. Break every chain. Break every chain. There is power in the name of jesus there is power in the name of jesus. There is power and the name of jesus. Break every chain, break every chain, break every chain break every chain, break every chain, break every chain can we say at this morning . There is power in the name of jesus there is power in the name of jesus there is power in the name of jesus break every chain, break every chain, break every chain break every chain, break every chain. Lets say it again. There is power in the name of jesus if you believe today as we as a people there is power in the name of jesus, yeah, yeah, in the name of jesus a note break every chain, break every chain, break every chain hey, you want to declare it. Break every chain, break every chain. Listen, is there an army out there . It is an army rising up. Theres an army rising up we are the people we are rising up. Break every chain, break every chain, break every chain break every chain, break every chain i hear the chains falling i hear it. I hear it i hear the chains falling get up, my people i hear the chains falling i hear the chains falling i hear the chains falling hey, we are here. I hear it, i hear it. I hear the chains falling right here. We come together today to break the chains. Break, yes. If you believe it, let me hear you. You ought to break the chains. Break every chain, every chain. Yeah, yeah, break every chain. Loosen those shackles off my feet. Listen, there is power in the name of jesus there is power in the name of jesus. There is power in the name of jesus. Break every chain, break every chain, break every chain [applause] if youre going to break the chains, say yes. Are we going to break the chains that been the and jealousy and disunion of the day. Were going to break the chains. It is my now to state what our purpose is today. What we have come to do today. Brothers and sisters, protocol has been established. Let me tell you why we are here. If you here for a gala, youre here for the wrong reason. If youre here to frolic, you are here for the wrong reason. It youre here for a ceremony, you are here for the wrong reason. Pq here choose to celebrate, you are here for the wrong reason. We are here today to demand justice. And justice, and demand it now. We are here today to demand of ourselves, individually and collectively, and all the groups that are here represented today, we are diverse, we are different, yet we are determined to demand an end to the centuries of racism, oppression and discrimination that we have faced in this country. We are not here to disrespect anyone, but to respect ourselves. We are not here to offend anyone, but to defend ourselves. We are not here to hurt anyone else, but we are here to help ourselves. We are here today to answer the question of whether we will demand justice and fair dealing, or whether we will continue to be socially, economically, psychologically, physically and spiritually oppressed. This is a question to be answered by native americans who suffer the largest mass murder of a new class of people in American History. The question of whether we will demand justice and fair dealing must be answered idea Latino Community who come until around 1848, assess what we today constitute california, arizona, utah, colorado and new mexico, and are now being asked to leave the land that was forcefully taken from them by america in the treaty of Guadalupe A Hidalgo in 1848. This is the question that must be answered by black americans who are the victims of the most profound process of cultural and human genocide in history of mankind. Heres a question be answered after by black americans stole from our homeland and Mother Africa, robbed of our language, names in religion and made to serve america as slaves for hundreds of years. All of us must answer this question today of whether we will demand justice or continue to be social doormats and economic steppingstones of our oppressors. The irony of all of this is about this question must be answered today by a nation whose Founding Fathers declared that we hold these truths to be selfevident, that all men are equated equal, and endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, while at the same time exported mexicans, plundered africa and annihilated the native american population. The question must be answered by black americans who are deemed by the United States constitution to be threefifths of a human being. We are here today because there has been gross miseducation of native americans, latinos and black americans in terms of our contribution to the World History and the history of this nation. Look at this capital that is facing most of you. It i is a fact that our black ancestors slaves baked the bricks used for the Capital Foundation and walls, doug the foundation and laid the stones that hold up the capital today. But lacks did not just contribute physical labor. Look up their what a statue of freedom on top of the capital is. When they couldnt figure out how to get it out of the crate, when it was shipped from rome, it was a black slave who was brought up to washington from charleston, south carolina, who with his genius figure out how to get it out of the crate. But not only out of the crate but put it back together and show america how to get it up on top of capital. We built this nation. Not just with our hands but with our minds and with our spirit, and we come today to demand justice. We come to demand justice today, and the question must be answered by all of us. We are here today alert and aware that black lives have not mattered. Latinos lives have not mattered. Native american lives have not mattered. We are here today because many of us are not aware that if we have been lied to, lied on, lied about, trick and bamboozled. We are here today because too many of us have been satisfied to sell ourselves out by the fact that we have a black president and a few black men today while the masses more people still live in squalor and poverty. We are here today because of gross Health Disparities in the native american, latino and black communities. And the fact that we are still being used as human guinea pigs. We are here today because of slavery still exists in the american prison and social complex, where companies are making extraordinary profits off of our incarcerated brothers and sisters who were paid as little as 17 cents an hour. We are here today because we have problems in the black community, in our own communities. We are here to demand that the willful wanton killing of black on black cease and stop. We are here today to demand that we make good use of the 1. 2, 1. 3 trillion that flow to our hands every year. We are here today because we know theres great crime in our community, and we must address. But dr. Martin luther king in 1967 spoke about the analysis of social disorder in america, a plan against poverty. He quoted the french abolitionist poet, victor hugo, who said that where there is darkness, crimes will be committed. But the guilty ones are not those who commit the crimes, but those who create the darkness. Dr. King said White Society has created the darkness. Yes, we have crime, he said, but that crime is derivative of this White Society. Yes, we have slums and poverty, he said, but the slums and poverty the ride from the racism and oppression and White Supremacy in america. We are here today because no other group has committed so much to you, worked so hard for, and received so little. We are here today to get another check. Because the one that was given to dr. King was marked insufficient funds. And become today to get that Check Exchange for a check that gives us what we deserve. The jews account reparation. The japanese got reparation. When america was established in 1841 through the land redemption fact, whites were given over 100 acres of land for a dollar and a quarter and a true. Date in 1846 the jews under the homestead act, another 160 acres free, but we were let go with nothing but a rags on our back, and given nothing. So let me ask this question one more time. What will we do about the unfairness and the inequality . Will you just be upset . Will you justify us . Will you just be angry and do nothing . We have had conventions, conferences, teachins, shutdowns, freedom rides, protests, rallies, marches, books, radio and tv panels, all against White America and oppression and made it american latino and black american victimization. Such discussion, all these various incarnations have all been met with the end of his physical, psychological, political and economic depth. I am saying to you today, enough is enough, then we come to demand justice today. We didnt come here today to just and humble supplication. What words can we use that frederick douglass, harriet tubman, sojourner truth, debbie be two boys, reverend henry turner, paul robinson, ida b. Wells, reverend joseph lowery, malcolm x, Elijah Mohammad, reverend dr. Martin luther king, jr. Come and all others have already used . We have done everything conceivable to fight for justice and equality in this country. We have petitioned. We have demonstrated. We have subjugated we have agitated, we have frustrated. We have fasted and prayed but have been continually rebuffed by the words of imposition and our petitions have been ignored. Our prize and the most in demonstration that with violence. Our subjugations have been disregarded and we have been met with contempt. We can no longer just hope. We can no longer just we. We can no longer just vague and pray. It will ever find justice, which we been seeking for ever so long, we must stand up and demand justice. Im tired but i dont know how you feel but im tired of keeping sugary sweet cotton candy, powder puff incarnations. We need the birthday basket newt, raw, real truth. So why are we here today . We are here because we need a movement. We are here because we need a focused organized approach to solve our problem you and i know some of you think nothing can be done. I know some of yall think we dont have the power to stand up against so a formidable adversary as the most powerful nation in the world. I know some of you have been crippled by a customized version of religion that causes you to wait on god while god is waiting on you. The throng of people today here and watching all over the world is not unlike the crowd that jesus saw out on a hill, and he called them and he related to them in terms of poor souls. He said is like a beaten path that has been walked on so long that nothing will germinate. The truth will not come over. Its a moral one. We must fight and in with the cameras pashtun those who feel oppressed as they are oppressed. Finally, we are here today to come together in unity. We need unity of all of our leadership at all of our organizations at the very heart of the message gathered today is the principle of unity. I unity noted in our shared history, shared fight and shared struggle. Our goal is what my dear brother called operational unity. I unity in diversity, unity without uniformity, identity and well being and flourishing of our people. Therefore, today is both a call and a demand to come together, focusing on not what divides us but on what unites us. We live a part as elders baptist, more, muslim, masons, delta, america, democratic, republican, skinny, fat, short, tall, lowerclass, highclass, male, female, hebrew, catholic and protestant, orthodox, christian, colored, upperclass, dark skinned, light skin can middleclass, anything else that is used to divide us, killing us, rejecting each other, fighting each other, messing with each other. For silly, stupid petty titles and labels that divide us. Yet we are all catching hell. So what in the hell are we fighting over when everybody is catching hell . To all of us here today, we are here to destroy the hate, fear, anger, jealousy and dislike for one another. We are here today because we need god to bless us and the start of this movement today. For it is not by power, not by mike but by my spirit, says the lord. Let us find ourselves together, stay together, stand together, demand together until justice rolls like a river and righteousness like a mighty stream. Are you ready to demand justice . [applause] is my privilege now to introduce a warrior city Councilmember Vincent orange u. S. Introduced the resolution to the d. C. City council, the title of that resolution was justice or else. It past the d. C. City council who have submitted to the congress in terms of the fight longstanding weve had for home rule. Put your hands together and receive Councilmember Vincent orange. [applause] twenty years ago, when million men came to washington, d. C. , through our atonement we agreed to refrain from crime, drug addiction and family abuse. While accepting responsibility for ourselves, our families and our actions. Today, we are here in the Nations Capital again with atonement as our foundation. We have come to embark upon justice or else. Justice or else. And justice is tied to truth. And the truth shall set us free. I am Vincent Orange, a resident and citizen of washington, d. C. , at an atlarge member of the council of the District Of Columbia. Today, i have a truth too sure about the United States of america, the land of the free and the home of the brave. The truth i share is supported by the United Nations, the organization of american states, and the one man, one woman, one vote principle which our democracy is built on. Today i speak, we speak truth to power. The truth is nearly 700,000 citizens of the United States of america and residents of the District Of Columbia have no voting representation in the United States congress. We have no voting representation in the house of representatives. We have no voting representation in the United States senate. What we do have is taxation without representation. Collectively, the nearly 700,000 District Residents pay more than 3 billion in federal taxes each year. 200,000 brave district resident men and women have served in United States armed forces fighting, dying. In fact, to thousand of them died for our beloved country, yet we have no representation in congress. God bless the child who has its own. Citizens of the District Of Columbia must have its own Voting Member in the house of representatives and its two Voting Members and the United States senate. Today i stand before you under the umbrella of justice or else, a demand for the 700,000 District Of Columbia residents and citizens of the United States of american, statehood or else. D. C. Statehood now. The District Of Columbia, the 51st state of United States of america has a population larger than the states of vermont and wyoming. Moreover, we have an economy larger than the states of alaska, delaware, allied, idaho, maine, mississippi, montana, north dakota, nebraska, new hampshire, rhode island, south dakota, vermont, West Virginia and wyoming. District resident generate 7 million in local tax revenue. D. C. s annual budget is the 13 million. We also possess nearly 2 billion in our rainy day fund. Unlike the 50 states of america, the District Of Columbia has to get permission from congress to spend our own money. That is not right. We demand the right to govern ourselves, our money and our destiny like the other 50 states. Now today, how many of you have traveled from another state to get here . Do you know if you decide to live here, taken a resident of the District Of Columbia, you lose voting representation in congress . Simply because you live in the District Of Columbia. In the United States between the states of maryland and virginia, you lose only representation in congress, and immediately become subject to taxation without representation. Did you know the first africanamerican attorney general of the United States, eric holder, a d. C. Resident cannot run for a position in the house of representatives or the United States senate simply because he resides in the District Of Columbia . On a personal note i moved from oakland, california, to the District Of Columbia in 1980, and i have lost and had been without a voting representative and two voting senators ever since. Simply because i occupy this soil, this land, and im a resident citizen located here in the District Of Columbia in the United States of america. My children, like the other children in the District Of Columbia, have been robbed of an opportunity to become a Voting Member of the United States house of representatives or a Voting Member of the United States senate because the residents of the District Of Columbia. So today i call upon you to be one of the 1 million signatures presented to the president of the United States, to the 535 members of congress, to the 2016 Democratic National convention, and the 2016 Republican National Convention Demanding statehood or else. Statehood or else. Sign the petition today with the volunteers in red shirts, or go to the website change. Org and sign the d. C. Petition. The petition states we, the undersigned citizens of the United States of america, here by signing this petition urging the president of the United States and the members of congress to support the statehood and full representation for the 658,892 residents of the District Of Columbia who collectively pay more than 3 billion in federal taxes each year, and where 200,000 brave men and women have served in the United States armed forces defending, fighting and to thousand of them dying for our beloved country, yet have no voting representation in congress. We believe this to be a true denial of democracy to the residents of the Nations Capital, washington, d. C. , and the citizens of the United States of america. Statehood or else. Statehood or else under the umbrella of justice or else. God bless d. C. Statehood. Justice or else. [applause] Councilmember Vincent orange, another handgun will you please. It is by now to present to you the leftist mayor of our city who has really worked hard making it possible for us to celebrate and to come together to demand justice on today. We are most proud to have her to be with us today. Would you put your hands together and receive the mayor of the District Of Columbia, the honorable muriel bowser. [applause] well, hello, everybody. And welcome to your Nations Capital. I am very pleased to follow my friend Vincent Orange in calling attention to the injustice of taxation without representation in washington, d. C. Its my great privilege to be the seventh elected mayor of my hometown, washington, d. C. And its my great privilege to speak for the 660,000 washingtonians who call d. C. Home, who pay taxes, to go to war, but do not have a voice in this greathouse of democracy. We have a lot to be grateful for in this District Of Columbia. We have grown, we have attracted people. We have attracted businesses. We have grown our prosperity, but more injustice remains is as more washingtonians are not sharing in that prosperity. We know that 20 years ago, 1 million men came to the District Of Columbia, and its my privilege to be mayor at the time that we celebrate this 20th anniversary. My good friend, you know him well, marion barry, was mayor those 20 years ago. He told me and i was reminded by the minister that washington, d. C. Welcomed this march. The government rolled out the red carpet to make sure that every voice could be heard. So like so many in my generation who have interested, trusted to lead, we had to speak up for those same injustices. I ranted to be here leaving another event in my ward. Thats why you see me in running clothes, but i would not miss todays event. Our administration has been focused, and we will continue to be focused, on growing pathways to the middle class. We will continue to be focused on productive avenues for our youth and our men and women who are returning home. We will lead in this nation and show everybody that if youre willing to work hard, you, too, deserve a Second Chance in our District Of Columbia and in our nation. We will continue to fight so that everybody has a pathway to that prosperity. I read a stat statistic about my town. It said since 2007 we have grown by many tens of thousands of people. We have grown that prosperity. You heard mr. Orange talk about how proud we are but we have also grown the number of people who are poor in our city. So i know that you will continue to fight with me. You will sign the pledge for d. C. Statehood, and we will make sure that there are quality classrooms and education for our youth, jobs for our youth, and the chance, Second Chance, for all of our people returning home. Thank you, everybody, and god bless our city. In this movement we have worked to pull together the generation understanding that at times we have movements because theres a gap between the older generation and the younger generation. One of the younger generation, joshua generation person who works about the and so hard in this effort hails out of new york city, a protege of the great harry belafonte, and in part of this Justice League in new york. She has her own Consulting Firm your she has been traveling across the country speaking to organizing, mobilizing for this effort today to ask if you put your hands together and receive ms. Tamika mallory. [applause] good morning all of you. It is so beautiful to be here with my brothers and sisters today. I am so grateful for the mentorship of reverend willie wilson, and the opportunity to serve that has been given to me by the honorable minister Louis Farrakhan. I have served as codirector alongside many great individuals, including my brother, reverend jamal bryant. I am proud to be here in that capacity but as i am honest with you i stepped to the mic today not just for those reasons, but because i am a black mother of a black son. And i did not come to washington to play games. 20 years ago the million man march filled the small. The circumstances of the convening might have been different, but the spirit in which march happened was the same as today. We gather in unity, and we gather to demand justice. 20 years ago amid racial violence our brothers supported by many sisters marched for atonement, reconciliation and responsibility for the black man. We are here continuing that legacy. My father, who is here today, was among the almost 2 million men are gathered here in 1995. But we gather again knowing that much is at stake. 20 years ago, tamir rice hisnowg story would have fallen on deaf years, and it wouldve been left to the pages of a falsified mayr Police Report rather than rod casted for the world to know pas what really happened to him. 20 years ago, Sandra Blands hae slavery wouldve never been known to us. We would have never question 20 yea what happened to that sister. 20 years ago Michael Brownskn body being left on the street for four and half hours riding in the sun would only being traumatized that community, h ol instead of waking up the people as it did. 20 years ago, eric garners last words wouldve just been eric whispered to his killers, instead of shouted to all of usd to make us wake up. Instead we cant breed, brothers and wae sisters. Freddie gray, my hall, megan, let us remember the words of ida b. Wells. The ones who commit the murders b. Ells. He report. America, we cannot breathe. Yet in between a gasp for air in the silent pangs between our g heartbeats we speak their name. N we say their names and we speak and wcause we know that their names will one day be ours. We are here today to say that we choose differently. We will not allow the deaths of our br wothers and sister to go unnoticed. Whether it be that they are killed by someone in our Tice Community or someone outside. Now, fox news would have you believe that we came here today to provoke violence. But we are not the violent ones. We are being murdered. We gather here today to provoke. Peace, to demand peace. To toemand re obligated to stand for those who have been lost. Blg when we say justice or else, we mean exactly that. Say just so to my friends who have calley me, who are scared, with your so skepticism, step aside because aint nobody got time for that right now. [applause], step we are promising to never give up until the dream that dr. Kine spoke of is realized for all of us, and for my 16 year old son. S he means the world to me and i will lay down my life to ensure that he is able to live free ins this country. Le weve got a lot of work to do, rothers and sisters. We dont have time to play lot f games. We didnt come to washington to play games. Minister farrakhan is not here with all of you to play games. N so go back and tell your with brothers and sisters, the time for games is over. So and [ chnduse] now, i want to bring to you a group of people who understand what it is to have their nativef land stripped from them. Have te we love the unity that we have weceived from our native brothers and sisters, our latino brothers and sisters, and the one who was worked to organize and bringing together tirelessly ison none other than sister lony wolf. N please give her a round ofther applause as she comes. [applause] we are going to watch the video on behalf of the native community first, and the next voice you hear will be that oft sister lone wolf. [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] [applause] greetings. My name is yonasda lonewolf. I am a proud native american and black woman. We are joined today of the unity of all of us together because our issue is the same. Because out injustices and our common enemy is the same. In so we are coming together with our indigenous family because wg must unite for justice or else. I i want to introduce to you my dear uncle, my warrior youreode just a warrior for us, for allu, four directions of our people, r chief ernie longwalker. E. [applause] i dont know what to say, my brothers and sisters. To 500 years of oppression, 500 of looking for a quality and justice. When we come the red man, the black man, the red woman, a black woman, when the first slave escaped, taken in by my ancestors, on day one we became blood brothers. Day one we fought sidebyside. What happened . Im asking you today, my brothers. If we could get our minds together, the red and the black, we are the majority. We would have asked for equality and justice because we could raise our finger and they would give it to us. The only problem we have is we have an enemy out there. An enemy that we see every morning in the mirror. Until we straighten that went out, we dont have to worry about the white man or anybody else your we have to worry about each other. Straight ourselves out, my brothers. Lets come together, the red and the black. We are the majority. And whatever we want we can have. You are the only ones you were brought here against force, as the only ones we have accepted. The rest are here. We didnt bring them. So theyre telling me to stop. Weve given you 500 years. You only give us about five minutes. Thank you. [applause] islam, ready for the revolution. We come to date in the spirit of my brother, Khalid Abdullah mohammed, and qua me ready for the revolution. The elders told us in 1978 when walk across this country it took six months to walk across. There were 11 put in front of the legislature trying to take away our water rights and everything else. So they said that this building, we were here before this building and we will be at after this building. We want people to understand that obama needs to free leonard, he has been in prison for 40 some years. They have the whole race of Indigenous People on reservations. They are out there killing they Indigenous People, spiritually, and so we come here in unity because we been invited by the minister, Louis Farrakhan. And with that power, inviting us to libya, gadhafi is still alive. So we say down, down, u. S. A. Down, down, u. S. A. Down, down. Freedom to the native people. Theres so much we want to tell you but you look beautiful. [speaking spanish] all my relations [speaking in native tongue] all my relations. Peace. Peace. My name is john c. Ross. I am proud to be your on behalf of native americans young people, young folk, stand in solidarity, demanding justice, justice or else. Justice or else. A specific justice, and injustice we must correct, is that native folks have been, we have been antagonized by the same monster that has antagonized so many people of color your its called the doctrine of discovery. That is a doctrine that has enslaved and has punished us for many, many years, for centuries. We demand that the Catholic Church revoke the poppe bowl and the racist doctrine of discovery. Moreover, we demand that the Catholic Church rescinded the sainted of juniper sarah. Thank you. [applause] [speaking in native tongue] may peace be with each and every one of you. I am a chief from the buffalo nation. Thank you for inviting all of us here, the native or the First Nations people. What you say today is a great honor to be here, but as we stand here in this place here, mother earth is sick and has a fever. The water of life is depreciating. The water right now our prayers go out to the apache people, the dakotas, those in south dakota as they protect their native land. We are asking everyone of you to stand together in peace and unity that we shall live, we shall live. [speaking in native tongue] good afternoon. My name is jay winter nightwolf. I am the originator and the host of the American Indians truths. For the last 15 years on the radio. The only native american talk show east of the mississippi on fm radio. In 1979 i met minister Louis Farrakhan. I know, but they need to give us more time. Indians need a bit more time. Use it and you stand on land that was stolen from my people, but yet they say you cant talk but a few minutes. Excuse me. Weve got a lot to say. [applause] we are tired of rules and regulations. We are tired of being told what to do. We are tired of being told what to say. When our children, the native american children, have the highest rate of Youth Suicide in the world. Our people are the poorest people in north america. Im going to get off the stage because my brother will be talking to you shortly, minister Louis Farrakhan. [applause] i would like to introduce my brother, the latino representative of the nation of islam, minister abel muhammad. [applause] in the name of allah, the benefits that come the merciful. Peace be unto you. Its an honor to be here this afternoon with our Black Brothers and sisters come up with our aboriginal brothers and sisters come with our brothers and sisters from latin america, the caribbean, and all over turtle island. It is an honor to be here, not just so that we could be introduced to one another but so that we can be reunited as we were in the beginning. We are one people when we are united, but what has been missing is weve been deprived of that knowledge which will allow us to see what another as we are and see ourselves as we are. So did it is not a day when we are being introduced to one another. Today is a day that the family is coming back together with one cry and one purpose. And that is for justice or else. [speaking in nativelse. Its an e with you. Its an honor to be able to present to you some members of your family and his kindred of brothers and sisters that struggle for justice from mexico, from guatemala, from puerto rico, from all over central and south america, to bring us further into the program please welcome our brother who is a spoken word artist, goes by the name of reyes. Please welcome him, michael reyes. [applause] im going to do a little jumbled with a click of a free stop is because all of the energy that is here. Im from detroit based in chicago for a number of years ago to share a little peace. We suggested or elsewhere people get sometimes we speak bilingual, triangle. Ice it with a ton and not with a gun. Freedom or justice or else but what else now . I fight for borders and immigration to change the situation. We are fighting on every radio and tv station. I fight for my people. Now were talking about black lies because black lives matter but not just those. Not at the tip of the country ic3 the nl justice or else. [applause] spent we want to know bring before you our wonderful sister who is the founder of centro Sin Fronteras in chicago. Shes also our sister in mr. Baca of the mexican and socalled immigrant people because we know that we are not immigrants. We may have migrated here but we are not immigrants. We are, in fact, the original people of the planet earth was we call ourselves mexicans or puerto ricans. We are here and this is our land that we are sitting on now. It is ours to take care of. Please welcome our sister was a fighter for justice on behalf of other people and all of our people, the pastor of lincoln United Methodist church, reverend emma lozano. Please welcome her with a round of applause. [applause] justice. Or else spent we remember our history so we know who we are. We look back so we know how to move forward. Today we look back on our beginnings when we want with our own land. We look back on the conquerors who broke up our families, places in chains of slavery, lunchtime income took our lands and opposed government of oppression on the continents of the americas. We look back and remember that we are the original people. We remember the struggles of our ancestors that one independence and mexico and latin america. We want freedom from slavery and jim crow here in the north of we still faced oppression and discrimination. We are the people of resistance. We are mexicanos. And the people of the south, make no doubt [speaking spanish] california and colorado were stolen from our people. But it is still our land. Today i want to say on behalf of the mexicanos and the Latino Community, we honor minister Louis Farrakhan. [applause] we know the people of the south came in a forced migration. We didnt have it because we like the weather. We came here because we were looking for work, not the american dream. It was a nightmare that his country had placed in our countries that forced us to leave. But i tell you now and i declared, now we are fruitful and we have multiplied, and weve become more numerous and all the stars in the sky. United, black and brown unity. No more deportation. No more family separation. With or without papers we joined the Africanamerican Community to elect a president. Then we marched and the most largest mobilization in history of this country to say we are a people of resistance, black and brown unity. No one is illegal. Latino kindred has found unity to defend our families and the next generation, just as the Africanamerican Community has found unity to stop the Police Murder and mass incarceration. It is a love of god that gives us unity and unity which gives us power. We are united. We are the new majority of this nation. There are some that would like to deny this, and theyre using hatred and racism, but they cant delay the inevitable. Have created an american apartheid compudyne to against the right to vote through immigration status and through criminalization. We demand the immediate end of mass deportations and mass incarceration. We demand justice or else for the 43 disappeared students. We demand freedom for the longest a puerto rican prisoners. We asked freedom for nelson, nelson has been 13 years in prison facing, facing right now in prison and also on death row. We are asking freedom because we are the new majority. In florida they would like to execute innocent person. We are one people, one nation. Thank you, gracias. Justice or else. We want to present to speak a few moments to is commercially speaking in spanish thats the language our conquerors imposed on us. Conquerers imposed upon us. Its the language that the majority of people in the western hemisphere speak. Its the language that allows us to communicate effectively. Please welcome her. [ speaking spanish ] [ speaking in spanish ] [ speaking spanish ] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] now we have a very special presentation, a song in spanish which will be sung by the sons of the honorable Elijah Mohammad who was raised in mexico, raised among our people, i say our people because we are one people. Once we get past the lies were told about who we are and the deprivation of our history which has us if identifying ourselves we can see who and what we are once we know the truth. And part of what binds us is the spirit of our cultural expression so welcome to the microphone, minister raul mohammad. This is a song im going inning spanish, i wrote for a great revolutionary, i feel his spirit is here with us today. Zapata. [singing in spanish] [singing in spanish] [singing in spanish] it this land that gives us freedom. The spirit of zapata is with us today. Saying that it would rather die on my feet than to live on my knees. [singing in spanish] [singing in spanish] we are all brothers. May awe la bless each and every one of us, this is a song on an album already out. Justice or else. Were not leaving without an answer from him. This is the day that the lord has made. I love you. Break background noise [ [background noise] alllet give them another rouf applause. [applause] i want to make sure that we all know those of you who are looking forward, that we have people who have gathered here from where i am standing, all the way to 17th street. Lets give them and yourselves a round of applause for coming out today. They said we wasnt going to do it. But did we do it . Are we out here . All right. So next we are going to be hearing from the haitian community, and you know what challenge they have been having. Were going to bring together brother joseph, the nation of islams representative for the haitian community, and also vladimir x, the nation of islams representative for the dominican republican. Let me say that again. Vlad player x, the nation of islams representative for the dominican republic. Okay. All right. We got a little change. Were going bring the Haitian American Community shortly. Im growing to bring now someone who is responsible for all of what we have seen, all of this has been worked on by this brother and the team that was assembled by minister farrakhan, and that is the nation of islams chief of staff, brother leonard f. Mohammad. Yall can do better than that. Lets clap it up, yall, give a round of applause. [applause] all praise to allah. A special absolute to our leader, minister Louis Farrakhan. Before i introduce the person im assigned to introduce i want to thank a few people. I want to thank the mayor of the city of washington, dc, for her graciousness and kindness and assistance as she extended to us when we came into washington to begin to organize this event. I want to thank her staff person, tamika mitchell, and not only that, i want to thank chief dimes, chief of the capitol police. We started off rocky but we worked it out. And his staff people, janeta mitchell, captain janeta mitchell and sergeant bird. On our team, abdullah muhammad. Our illustrious counsel and member of our national board. Minister secretary muhammad. You dont know how much it means to us to finally see this great result that im looking at from this podium. Its a beautiful sight to see and thank all of us and our brothers and sisters for attending this important event to hear the timely message from the honorable minister Louis Farrakhan. But we needed permission to be here from the government. Even though we shouldnt need permission. But we did have a brother in the congress who has assisted us in the past in this regard. He went to congress and went to the senate and was able to produce a resolution, a joint resolution, a unanimous resolution for us to gather here again. This is a historic resolution because we dont come this time to say atonement, reconciliation, and responsibility. They like that. So that was the easy resolution for us to have. But when we wanted to introduce a resolution that said, justice or else, it became a little sticky, a little difficult. Some didnt like that theme. But i cant wait for the honorable minister Louis Farrakhan to get here, to say to the whole world what our or else means. So please help me bring to this podium, man who has been here before, who stood here three other times, to take responsibility for the resolution that we received from his office, a member of congress for years, and now the powerful ways and means committee. Well, congressman, we need ways, we need what we need, and we want justice. Help me bring before you, congressman danny k. Davis of illinois. My friend and my brother. Thank you so much. [applause] thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you, brother leonard. 20 years ago i was not a member of congress. But i was here with three busloads of men, women and children from chicago, who had come with me. Three busloads of men, women and children, who had come with the hope of helping to usher in a new day, brighter day, a new tomorrow. A new sense of fairness, of justice, of equal opportunity, of equal treatment, and equal protection under the law. I was here ten years ago, and was pleased to have submitted the concurrent resolution obtaining use of the Capitol Grounds for a tenyear commemoration of the million man march. Just as im pleased to have been the sponsor of the concurrent resolution permitting to us be here today for these activities. On the Capitol Grounds. First and foremost, i want to commend and congratulate minister Louis Farrakhan for his visionary leadership, for his great messages, promoting peace, unification, equal rights, equal justice, and equal protection under the law. Todays gathering is a reaffirmation of the faith that the dark past has taught us, of the hope that the present and brought us, and so, yes, we are facing the rising sun of our new day begun, and we will march on so everyone will now that black lives do matter. We will march on to overaggressive Law Enforcement procedures, will not be the order of the day. We will march on till every child has access to high quality education. We will march on so that every citizen will know that they can get healthcare, and we will match on with the understanding that today is our day. Tomorrow is our day, and we will match march with the vision and leadership of minister Louis Farrakhan, and im pleased to be here with all of you, my brothers and sisters. [applause] [inaudible conversations] all right. Thank you very much. We are now going to hear from representatives for the palestinian community. We all know him very well, and that is the reverend jeremiah wright, professor emeritus, and he will be joined by the sister in the Justice League and that is linda, a national arabamerican Racial Justice and civil rights activist. Let us welcome reverend wright and the sister. To the honorable minister fair can, farrakhan, to our hosts, our sisters and brothers, were grateful to god to be here and speak a work on behalf of palestinian justice. Those who put this program together just had the aboriginal people, the original people of this country, an this platform, and that was so powerful for this reason. They came here to remind us of the fact that this was very opportunity tribefore the european their country before the europeans decided their god had given them this country. Same issue is being fought today and has been fought since 1948, and historians are carried back to the 19th century, pick lickal stories carry is back to the back of justice. For the original people, the palestinians, and please remember, jesus was a palestinian. The Palestinian People have had the europeans come and take their country, ignoring United Nations resolution after resolution after resolution, over 40 resolutions, in illegally occupied territories as they take the people whose countries it is and make it theirs because their god told them they could have somebody elses country. The youth in ferguson and the youth in palestine have united together to remind us that the dots need to be connected. What dr. King said, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, and we stand beside our palestinian brothers and sisters who have been done one of the most egregious injustices in the 20th centuries. Boycott, divestment and sanction is how we forth nonviolently to bring an end to apartheid in south africa. Apartheid is going on in palestine as we sis here. Theres an apartheid wall being built twice the size of the berlin wall in height, keeping palestinians off of illegally occupied territories where the europeans claim that land as their own. Dr. Martin luther king, jr. Said in 1967 at the riverside church, we are fighting a threeheaded demon, and the manifestation of the demon are seen today on the world stage with the nate testify americans from this country, the nate testify americans of central mrs. , the native americans in mexico, guatemala puerto rico, haiti. The natives who see foreigners coming in and taking their land. He said were fighting a threeheaded dr. King did a threehead demon, racism, militarism and capitalism. Those threeheaded demons are what are causing the palestinians to have a fight just like the fight we are having here trying to get people to understand that black lives matter. Palestinians are saying, palestinian lives matter. We stand with you. We support you. We say god bless you. Justice or else [applause] in the name of god, the most beneficial, the most mercyiful, may peace be upon 0 you. I am a Palestinian Muslim american. I have the blood of an oppressed people. A resilient people. A strong people. A courageous people that runs through my veins. I am here to speak truth to power. We are here to speak truth to power. We are unand our liberation is bound up together. The same people who justify the massacres of Palestinian People and call it low lateral damage are the same people who justify the murder of black young men and women. The same people who want to deport millions of undocumented immigrants are the same people who hate muslims and want to take our right to wore happy freely in this country worship freely in this country. That common enemy is White Supremacy. Lets call it what it is. Were not here to make people feel comfortable. Im tired of people asking us, what the else is. You want have to ask that question if we hard had justice. We are angry, sisters and brothers. Dont ask them dont almost the ems you why are you angry. Ask them why theyre not angry . 20 years ago millions item to the mall. 50 years ago our ancestors march from selma montgomery. Im tired of coming back every 50 years, 20 years to talk about the same things we were talking about all those years before. We need to stand tall, sisters and brothers. We need not be intimidated. We need to stay fearless. Our children are watching us. We need to set an example for our children. The only time anybody should see us on our knees is when were praying, sisters and brothers. I stand here today as a palestinianamerican, to tell you that the liberation of the Palestinian People is bound up with the liberation of black people in america. We will be one and i will recommit my body, my mind and soul, to black liberation which will liberate all of us. We are un, sisters and brothers, and the People United will never be defeated. Power to the people. [cheering] thats my sister. We walked on new york city to washington, dc together. To protest police brutality. Thats the kind of strength the Justice League nyc embodies. Were now bringing the haitian community. Well hear from brother joseph macendau. And also vladimir x, the representative from the dominican republic. When minister farrakhan is ready to speak, all those who are waiting will be cut. So if you want to make it on this program, speak quickly because when the minister comes out, it will be shut down. In the name of god, the most merciful, i bear witness that there is no god but allah, who came in the form of muhammad, and i bear witness that muhammad is our exalted cries, and bear witness that the honorable minister Louis Farrakhan. I would like to greet you with the greeting with the peace. I am here with my brothers and sisters from haiti and dominican republic. We want to show to the world we north going to be allowed to be divided, not anymore. Because the division of our people is to the benefit of the enemy. And the unity of our people is to our benefit. We will do everything necessary to keep us as one, keep us together, and this is why i am honored that the honorable minister Louis Farrakhan had the vision to pull dominicans and haitians together to pull them together so that we can be one people as we were before. We think the honorable minister Louis Farrakhan for his vision, and today you see on the stage dominican plan and the haitian flag sidebyside, saying to the enemy, your plan has failed. And at this point i would like fog our sister to read the prayer. Please, receive our sister with a welldeserved round of applause. [applause] this is the prayer, prayer of revolution. Good god, who created the sun, which shines on us from above. Who rouses the sea and makes the thunder rumble. Listen, god, though hidden in a cloud, watches over us. The god of the white man calls forth crime. But our god wills good work. Our god, who is so good, commands us to vengeance. He will direct our arms and help us. Throw away the likeness of the white mans god, who has so often brought us to tears, and listen to the liberty which speaks in all of our hearts, unity is strength. Unity is strength. Unity is strength. [applause] thank you. At this point we like to introduce vladimir x, the representative of the nation of islam to dominican republic. Please welcome him with a round of applause. [applause] in the name of allah, the merciful, i bear witness there is no god but allah. The originator of the heaven and the earth and the creator of all human beings. My name is brother vladimir x. I was born in a small island in the caribbean that goes by the name of the dominican republic, and shares a boredder with our sister nation of haiti. For those who have the not been following current events, pertaining to what is going on this island, there is a move afoot to divide natural allies and natural brothers and sisters, they haitians and the dominicans, from one another. We share the same history. We share the same past, the same misery, and the same subhuman conditions. We are brothers and sisters by nature because we were all brought from Mother Africa centuries ago. The only difference between the haitians and the dominicans is a piece of cloth called a flag that has been used by our open enemies for centuries to keep the overwhelming majority of the human family divided, and we cannot continue. We must not continue to let our minority of europeans rule over the majority of the black inhabitantses of the planet earth. The whole earth belongs to our people, not just puerto rico, not just the dominican republic, not just guatemala, the whole earth belongs to our people. So no matter what flag you identify yourself with, the whole earth is your home. Identify yourself with the sun, the moon and the stars. Anywhere you can walk and breathe, this is your home, my beautiful Black Brothers and sisters. The difference between the haitians and the dominicans, the dominicans were enslaved by the spaniards so we speak spanish. The haitians were enslaved and brutalized and victimized by the french so they speak french and have french names. But we are all the same people and we have been victimized by the same wicked oppressive for over 500 years. So, brothers and sisters, justice or else. Peace be unto you. Give another round of applause. [applause] we say mistakes should not exist because the reason why mistakes should not exist, because we correct them. Mr. Leonard lee, of the National Park service, when i thank people i failed to mention his name. He was one of the original people who helped to do this and helped us to get here, and he has been marvelous throughout the whole process. Leonard lee, wherever you are today, thank you and much respect to you. A great job and its a joy to work with you. Thank you so much. All right. We got to get a little more energy out here, yall. Lets clap just because, right now. I want to hear you as loud as possible wimp want justice, right . No justice, no peace. No justice, no peace. Black lives matter. All right. Yall. Now, the minister has crisscrossed the country, meeting with many artists. The Hiphop Community has been very involved, and i want to broken my brother, my son, leonard, hiphop artist and also a member of Justice League nyc. Justice or else. What does that mean . Everywhere i go ask me, what does that mean . I mean what do you mean what does it mean . Havent you seen what i see on that screen for yourself . We need justice. They say, yeah, we need justice, but what you mean by or else . Well, we mean justice or else we going to withhold our wealth. We going to give them back their christmas and leave them toys on that shelf. You see, up to this point we the only ones being slaves so its time to exercise our power and redistribute the pain. Its insane to do the same thing and expect a different result. The same ones ones who made us e is the ones we keep asking for help. Ask yourself, how you going to win fighting in the court when the ones who commit the murder is the one that write the report . All the lies we done lost, the tears cried, the promises made, aint you tired of being tired or hearing one of us die, and whoever is guilty dont even get tried. Cops dont get fired for chokings us on cameras. You cant expect respect when you dont respect yourself. When the one to protect and serve dont protect you got to protect yourself. You cant expect no one else to love you more than you so that means the or else is totally up to you. What you want to sacrifice so your kid can have a life . Lets take christmas from santa claus and give him back to christ. And were asking nice. This is aint a march. We are going to stand, man, woman, child, together, hand in hand we understand the black lives got to matter to black people, and the fact is black kill mores black people. But when we kill us they dont let us slide. Ray ray found guilty before even tried. The government is on notice. Theyre not going to keep killing us and have us fill your quotas. Giving us jail records instead of diplomas. Those 40acres and a mule. Youre going to give us what you owe us or else. All right. Thats what im talking about. Justice or else. Were now keeping with the Hiphop Community, going to bring a young brother who is a former inmate. He spent five years in prison. He actually worked for the honorable cora berry right now. This young man picked up a book called and while he was in prison he picked that book up and it changed his life, and today, he is a doctoral candidate in the africanamerican studies department at howard university. Lets give it up for my brother anthoine house. Good morning, brothers and sisters. I am anthoine house. I graduated with my bachelors in 2011. I obtained my masters in 2013. And despite my accomplishments im still a convicted felon. I represent 100 million of returning citizens who are part of the mass incarceration racket in the most industrialized nation in the world. Were an urban community, black and halt teen know, man and woman, walk out of their homes each morning with the possibility of being politically disenfran chanced. How many convict felons do we have in the audience today . How many people do we have whose family incarcerated are awaiting trial right now . This is the reason why we need a National Campaign for felony expungement. Growing up as a gangster disciple, in racine, wisconsin, i struggled to adhere to my organize residents literature which is education, economic, politics, social, organization and unity, with education the most important. And from creating fellowship with other brothers who were vice lords, under their principles of love, peace, freedom, truth, justice. We all knew these terms and ideas but did not have a positive outlet to show them how to use them in our urban conditions. Now as an adult, i understand the importance of these ideas. They were not created to be divisive. They were mott created for us to terrorize our communities with. They were created for us, and as human beings, solidifies the group. Im in the process of obtaining my doctoral degree from howard university. The same History Department that teaches the responsibility of scholar activism and community responsibility. On the subject of blacks in the academy issue am constantly reriped of the words of our an scissor shabazz, who ad what do you cal an educate negro the answer . Nigger because thats what the white man calls him, a nigger. I was a nigger without a ph. D. Now aim other nigger with a ph. D. What the difference . Selfknowledge. The balls they bounce are the balls they run will be no progress to their people. There will be no progress to their people if they do not have selfknowledge. So what i want you to take away from here today is the only way we accomplish and whatever we establish, the only we can keep it is if our value system is rooted in selfknowledge. Thank you. I need a video, yall. All right. We are now moving into a second e section that is very important, very important to me, very important to all of you who are here, with this, the women. Let give it up for the women. Women for justice. We have two powerful sisters that you will be hearing from. But first were going to watch a video, and immediately after the video, you are going to hear from the president of the naacp, d. C. Chapter. Our women are the key. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] nod [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [applause] good morning. Its an honor to stand before you on this historic day, commemorating the 20th 20th anniversary of the million man march. 20 years ago, the honorable minister Louis Farrakhan, reverend willy f. Wilson, and nearly two million men from across the country, joined to deliver one powerful message. We are strong when we stand together. Today, i stand on the shoulders of many men and women, civil rights leaders, activist that have championed social justice. I stand on the shoulders of Dorothy Irene height, mary mccloud bethune; fanny lou hammer, angela davis, rosa parks, lower low lorraine miller. All of this women continue to pave the way for us to stand here today. The unprecedented success of the million man marchin 95 bass based on our ability to unite, nearly two million men, from different religious, economic, and political affiliations that stood together for one purpose. Today, men and women all stand together. That is our strength. That is our power. Together, we are strong. We do not get here alone. And no one can fight this fight alone. The issues that disproportionately affect some of us, impact all of us. We all have the right to public safety, jobs, economic sustainability, education, health, criminal justice, Voting Rights and safe communities. Now hear me. Everyone deserves to live in safe communities. Communities free of gun violence. Communities where a twoyearold can play in her frontyard without getting shoot by a stray bullet. We need to hold ourselves and our communities accountable for a safe community. We stand today for justice, safety, and equality. Divided we are weak, but together we are strong. A million black latinos and whites today stand stronger together. We all stand stronger together. Thank you. [applause] this next person that is coming, i am so honored to announce today and to bring to the stage, she is the National Spokeswoman for the honorable minister Louis Farrakhan and her name is sister ava muhammad. In the name of allah, the merciful, we give praise and thanks to allah for his love and mercy upon humanity. Giving us his process and his messengers that when we go astray, through them he leads us back to the right path. We thank him for moses and the torah. Jesus and the gospel. Muhammad and the holy koran. I thank allah for coming to us in the person of master hugh hamad. Muhammad. I am humbled and so honored to be here before you as a student and follower of their divinely anointed and appointed representative, the honorable minister Louis Farrakhan. I great al of you in words of speak. In the holy koran, the lord of the world asks the question, how can you deny allah when you are without life and he gave you life . The honorable minister Louis Farrakhan teaches us that when allah gives you a gift, you must accept it. The greatest gift is life. Therefore, we are divinely obligated to respect, protect, and defend our own lives and the lives of others. You let no one take your life without a fight. Islam is a religion of peace. We address no one but the holy koran states, fight with those who fight with you. It reads, there is life for you in retaliation. There is no species on this planet, no living organism that will not come to its own defense every species fights for its survival. Insects, wildlife. It has only been the black man and woman in america who have been called upon by our former slavemasters to forgive and forget while we are being slaughtered. We are taking that no longer. We are in obedience to allah, his price, and the nature which we are created. What is the role of the woman . Every female of every species comes to the defense of her offspring. She will sacrifice herself to defend her children. She is genetically programmed to do that. When a woman does not stand up and fight for her child, she is other than herself. We thank allah that minister Louis Farrakhan is bringing us with alaw allahd guidance back to the knowledge of ourself. Theres no male of any species that will not come to the defense of the female of that species. He does not think about it. It is not in the intellect. It is at the core of his being. So when a man sees his woman under attack, it is his duty to come to her aid. Why . Because there is no life without the woman. It is through her womb that a man has his immortality, he has his reproductive capability, and above all, to express his dominion, to exert his dominion. He cannot do that without his mate. So he will instantly lay down his life to defend the woman, and so we are here today to stand up, five black women, in the month of july alone, were found dead in the custody of police, including sandra bland, turner, chapman, joyce, and others, up named. We are here to say you have abducted the last black woman off the streets of america and taken her away, kill her and show us her body and claim she committed suicide. That is a modernday lynching. These people have never changed and they never will. It is time for us to go for self, and allah has chosen one man to lead us, the honorable minister Louis Farrakhan. May allah bless us with love and understanding. One more time for sister ava muhammad. The National Spokesperson for the hobble area Louis Farrakhan and the nation of islam. I want to thank you all for allowing me to be here to serve you today. It is time for me to step away from this program but i want to tell you i cannot even see the people who are gathered here. If you turn around and look behind you, as far as you can see, our people have gathered. [applause] thats right. Shoutout from the front to the back and give yourself some love. Now, back over here. Back over here. You know, they like to call is 35 and 40yearolds the rising stars. But im telling you that the young men who will take us through the rest of this program is not a rising star, he is an already risen star. And that is brother nur aye muhammad. Student minister from indiana. I bear witness that there is but one god. We bear witness to that one god bring us moses, jesus, and muhammad. However as a student of minister farrakhan i cannot thank allah enough for heir intervention in our affairs in the name of reverend farrakhan, and in this hour we know that we wouldnt be gathered here today on 101015, were it not for the most beautiful and most dutiful human being walking the face of the earth today. The honorable minister Louis Farrakhan, our champion. Gods man on scene today. We are here, brothers and sisters, and i wish you all could see what i see but in the street terms we are deep today. We are deep today, and we have come together on 101015 because were sick and tired of being sick and tired of scrolling down the timeline on instagram or twitter on facebook and every a ooh day we see a young man being murdered bid the blue klux klan, and we came today to tell the United States government and all the wicked white oligarchty at the top of the power structure of this world that we love our children the same way you love your children, and you cannot kill man without a bag of skittles and a tea and get away with it. You cannot kill man for wearing a hoodie and get away with it. You can not put your knee on the neck of a 14yearold girl for swimming while being black and get away with it. We came to tell the whole world that black lives matter to us. Many times whenever we talk about the struggle against the power structure, first thing our critics say is always some selfappointed pro bone pro bono who says, black folks are killing black people, too and the truth. Thats why wire fighting the war on two fronts. We came to clash today with it would supremacy and also making war with negativity, too. A special time of negative we do to one another. Theres a fundamental difference, brothers and sisters. When ray ray killed he gets paid administrative leave. Is that the truth . A gofundme account is set up and the next thing you know other crackers that think like him donate millions of dollars to him and he gets a job so we got to stop this kind of madness, brothers and sisters so we know that today, as we gather for this supreme cause of justice, or what . We know we wouldnt be here on 101015, were it not for the great that put the first million man march together, the mayor marion berry, mayor for life of washington, dc. So out of our love and respect for this wonderful brother, it is an honor and privilege to present to you his wonderful wife and son, sister cora, master berry and lets receive our brother and sister with a warm round of applause. Thank him for facilitating such a day. A great pleasure for us to give this momentary salute to my house my husband. Marion s. Berry rows from the son of a sharecropper, picking cotton in mississippi to become one of the most popular, iconic figures in American History, elected four terms as mayor. He became known as what . Mayor for life. As the first chairman of sncc, he worked with civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther king. And president s of nations. As a Public Servant he literally and tigertively changed the landscape of washington, dc and is responsible for shepherding d. C. Residents from the five social positions to successful middle class and many, men black millionaires and he established minority programs and as a result, not only did he create millionaires but the created some selfproclaimed billionaires. Marion barry negotiated with to open up the Washington Wizards Basketball Team at the Verizon Center and we all live here and as a result of that we see all the businesses that have grown up in washington thats transformed this city from a sleepy little town into a bustling, thriving metropolis. He boldly served the least, the last and the lost among us. At a time when blackonblack violence was at a high in america. The honorable minister Louis Farrakhan called black men to gather in washington for atonement, responsibilities and reconciliation. Marion barry made all of the City Services available. He used his staff to help organize the march. He made leave possible so that d. C. Government employees could attend. Without the vision of minister farrakhan and without marion barry, the million man march could have never happened. In the spirit of my father, marion s. Gary, i am here to stand with minister farrakhan. The honorable minister has called for 10,000 fearless warriors to go into the black community and reclaim the lives of our lost youth. By the end of this month, over 6,000 of our brothers will be reentering our community, released early from prison. Let them begin their journey to Reenter Society by answering the ministers call. All across this nation, Youth Violence is on the rise. But whats really occurring is the rise of the young generation. But what is different from this generation, theyre not like the generation of the 60s who organized the march or my generation who expressed our frustration through music. You know, this new generation has had little guidance. And they express their frustrations through violence. Let us commit recommit our struggle to showing them a better way of living. Instead of slanging and banging, lets teach them saving and building so that our black men can thrive in the 21st century. We salute mayor for life, marion s. Barry as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the million man march. Thank you. I didnt memorize that part. Yall can d yall can do better than that. Give them another round of applause. [applause] our next great presenter to the podium is a man that would like to affectionately call the attorney at war, and that is none other than the great benjamin crump. Lets receive our brother with a warm round of applause, benjamin crump. [applause] spent on attorney benjamin crump, the president of the National Bar Association, the largest association of lawyers of color representing the issues, concerns and opportunities of 66,000 black lawyers, judges and legal professionals in america and beyond. Our theme this year is a national bar united, preserving our legacy, protecting our future. And isnt that what we are really here for, to protect our children, protect our future generations to come . And thats what im here on my birthday, with my children. I am reminded when i was here 20 years ago at 25 years old as a third year law student and i, like the rest of america, listen to the words, atonement and accountability from minister Louis Farrakhan. Today marks an opportunity for us all to come together to achieve a common goal, the common goal of having to make america in which we live a better america. Today is not just the 20th anniversary of the million man march. Today it is not just my birthday on the same day as the million man march, a baby named Kendra Johnson was born in georgia. At 17 years old his mother and father sent Young Kendrick to school with a book bag come and he was returned to them in a body bag the next day. And the only explanation that his parents have ever been given is unbelievable, inconceivable, and incomprehensible. This story that he crawled into a rolled up gym mat, got stuck, stopped breathing and died, and that was over two years ago. And so today before i finish these remarks, i want everyone to join me in a moment of silence of the kendricks birthday to show him and his parents who are here today that he is still alive in our hearts and the will we are committed to achieving justice and assuring that those responsible are held accountable, a moment of silence, please your thank you. And accountability, isnt that what all the parents want . It causes me to think that the countless comes across america who have come across all seeking accountability i think about Trayvon Martin was killed in florida. I think about Michael Brown who was killed in ferguson, missouri. I think about tamir rice who was killed in cleveland, ohio. I think about Alicia Thomas was killed in los angeles, california. I think about jordan davis who was killed in jacksonville, florida. I think about Natasha Mcginty was killed in fairfield virginia. I think about oscar grant who was killed in california. Robert, houston, texas. I think about munro byrd in tulsa, oklahoma. Eric garner in staten island. Walter scott, north charleston, south carolina. Victor why dont new iberia louisiana. Sandra bland, texas. And i even think about munro isadore, a 107 year old grandfather executed by the pine bluff Arkansas Police department. What all these families want what our entire committee want, what we demand is truth and accountability. Yesterday in my capacity as president of the National Bar Association i met with attorney general loretta lynch, the first black woman to be appointed attorney general of the United States. We talked about accountability across the border. That means more than simply counting us and we have been put in jail, when we are being charged with felony convictions, when we are counting our children who have been charged as adults and being incarcerated to support the prison industrial complex. Accountability must mean those holding those who are sworn to protect and serve us when they commit illegal acts like shooting our brothers and sisters in the back, gazing our brothers and sisters to death and placing our brothers and sisters in illegal chokehold ending their lives well before their time. We want that database, too. And the national bar, in conclusion, black people, we need your help, too. We need your votes to count not just at the polls but also in the courtrooms. So when you get those a jury summons, dont throw them away and ignore. Dont try to come up with every cockamamie excuse just to get out of jury duty. Because when we go in the courtrooms us black lawyers dont want to be the only thing black with our client in the judges robes. But what you see is the diversity of america, a jury of our peers. So lets mark his 20th anniversary of the million man march as a movement. Because black lives matter. Black lives matter. Lack lives matter. Thank you. [applause] i told you he was an attorney at law. The next brother that were going to bring up is another one of those revolutionary attorneys. He also serves as a National Secretary of the nation of islam, please receive with a warm round of applause our brother, your brother, brother attorney berve power muhammad. Lets welcome our brother. [applause] in the name of the law, the magnificent, the merciful i bear witness that there is no god but allah and that mohammad is his messenger. I like to thank the honorable minister Louis Farrakhan for allowing me to serve as Financial Sector of the nation of islam. When i came into the nation at 19 when i was at Morehouse College i was determined to be an attorney. And ive been an attorney now for 17 years and ive tried cases in multiple states thanks to my mentor, louis meyer. But agrees case i ever tried was a case of police brutality. We lost that case but listen to the facts. Before there was a freddie gray in baltimore who died in Police Custody there was a red gravy in chicago who died in Police Custody red gravy. This is his mug shot when he got arrested. You can see him come theres nothing wrong with him. Three hours later in Police Custody this is what he looked like. Now, we were told that mr. Grady died from a heart attack. Now, watch the injustices system come into play. Because when the paramedics got there they said mr. Grady was already turning out. That means he had been dead for a while. There was no blood in his cell whatsoever. Then when the corner got there, they filled out a report that said he died from a heart attack. The problem was they had not done the autopsy yet. So then at the trial started with one of which are doing depositions, there were witnesses who said some things that were damaging to the police case. But when i went back to read the transcripts, ma the Court Reporter had deleted it from the transcript. So then we went to trial and the jury found for the police, we present the case to the Justice Department and the Justice Department said there was not enough evidence to prosecute any police for killing mr. Grady. We have all gathered here today under the sound of one mans voice who has called for justice or else because we know that god of justice never sleeps. So it does not matter whether not we get any redress of our grievance in the court system because god sees our pain and he knows what we are going through. So when we hear the honorable minister Louis Farrakhan today, just know were not listening to any ordinary man. We are listening to a man of biblical proportions. A man whom the prophet saw thousands of years ago coming into state in this time to address that pain that nobody else had been able to address. So please when h it comes receid him like the man that no one else could call all of us together in and out here again today. Bless you. Thank you. [applause] the next is one of the brothers that represents the group that have been galvanized and organized for many wars that have been waged by the wicked most of the time for unjust means. This is our brother that represents the veterans for justice. Please receive the retired veteran and Community Activists Brother Robert brannum with the great round of applause. [applause] greetings and salutations, my veteran brothers and sisters and their families. I agree to our behalf of the service of all of us and demand justice for veterans and their families. And not only that, but we need justice for our young people come and veterans cannot have justice if they live in the District Of Columbia and dont have the right to vote. If you support veterans come if you believe in justice, if you believe in dignity and human rights for everybody, then you cannot deny statehood to the District Of Columbia where veterans live i cannot vote. You cannot be for justice and equality if you do not support the rights of veterans the risk their lives every day, and sacrificed around the world so that everyone here can live and walk in peace and harmony if you dont support justice for veterans and the District Of Columbia. Full representation in the house, and stated for the District Of Columbia and im thankful we have a mayor who has pledged and committed to ending homelessness for veterans. Thank you, mayor bowser. Im grateful we have a First Lady Michelle Obama who is telling our businesses to hire arbiters. We need to give those a round of applause because the no one stands for veterans, they are dead. Thank you. Yall can do better than that. Lets give that soldier a round of applause, fighting for the new cause. [applause] next coming to the mic we have a beautiful sister representing the return citizens for justice. You who that is,