1995 Day of Atonement/Million Man March
Louis Farakhan credits Bevel with helping to formulate the 1995 Day of Atonement/Million Man March in Washington, D.C. Its main sponsor was the Nation of Islam.
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Famous quotes containing the words day, atonement, million, man and/or march:
“Venus, take my votive glass:
Since I am not what I was,
What from this day I shall be,
Venus, let me never see.”
—Matthew Prior (1664–1721)
“How much atonement is enough? The bombing must be allowed as at least part-payment: those of our young people who are concerned about the moral problem posed by the Allied air offensive should at least consider the moral problem that would have been posed if the German civilian population had not suffered at all.”
—Clive James (b. 1939)
“I should consider it a greater success to interest one wise and earnest soul, than a million unwise and frivolous.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“A man with a virtuous wife will have few troubles.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Averageness is a quality we must put up with. Men march toward civilization in column formation, and by the time the van has learned to admire the masters the rear is drawing reluctantly away from the totem pole.”
—Frank Moore Colby (1865–1925)