books on these many topics. thank you so much. that is our show today. we want to make sure you join us tomorrow morning starting at 7 a.m. eastern, four clock a.m. pacific -- 4:00 a.m. pacific. we will take a look at the presidential campaigns in iowa and new hampshire. we will also be joined by michael o'hanlon to discuss the action in syria. it we will be joined by day -- daniel that all happens tomorrow starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern, four clock a.m. pacific. in the meantime, we take you live where the million man march , the 20th anniversary of the million man march is happening today. we are showing you live pictures . you can watch that now on c-span.

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>> mohammed is the messenger of allah. mohammed is the messenger of a llah. come to prayers.

come to prayers. come to success. come to success. there is no god but allah.

and mohammed is the messenger of allah. >> ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, brother hector perez, >> brothers and sisters. we are called in the four directions i spirit of our ancestors to guide us and work towards the building of our nation through the unity of our

peoples. the call of the four directions, we are going to face in each direction. -- east evidence the sun represents the center the west represents the water and female. the south, the children and elders. the north, the universe and stars. ♪

>>, people, give him a hand. leaving our christian prayer from detroit, michigan, reverend dr. anthony.

again today to lead us in our christian prayer, reverend wendell anthony. >> this is a lord -- this is a deity lord has made. let us rejoice and be glad in it. this is a day that god has made, let us rejoice and be glad in this day. pray with me. mothers,r fathers and we come to give you thanks and praise. we come from every corner of this nation, and in many parts of the world, to come, to celebrate that lives matter, black lives matter, that our people matter. we come to a city laid out by the hands and minds and visions of people who laid it out so well. other people have taken it and distorted the meaning and the significance of what we do. we come at a time when all is

not well with my people. we come moaning and groaning, not in a sense of helplessness, but in a sense of hope that hopefulness, faith. 20 years ago, we came for justice. 20 years later, we still come for justice. the lord loves justice and righteousness. the righteous should prevail, but the evildoer will fall into tyranny. god bless us from the four corners of our nation, bless us from chicago to l.a., from ferguson to mississippi, alabama, new york. prepare us not for what we do today, but make us better for what we will do tomorrow when we go back home. when we go back home to engage in the building, living, working, loving, hoping of our people. strengthen us, o god, for you

have not given us a feeling of powerlessness, but one of strength and power. thank you for the minister who called us together. spark thatds be the ignites the fire and all of our hearts to do what we must do to keep it burning. we are not here for the naysayers of god, we are here for the do sayers. they have a slave spirit. give us freedom and spirit to coincide with each other. lift us up, bear us up so that we can hold each other up. .s we stomp on the street as men poured out the bus to left -- lift them up as we go home. let us open our homes and communities to let each other -- lift each other up.

hindu, christian, buddhist, atheist, no matter what we are, let us all work and strive for the power we find in the living god who is our strength, fortitude, and just cause. all of those who love god, regardless of who you are and where you come from, all of those who love god who are coming to do his will, let you say amen. amen. amen. >> now are muslim prayer by the student minister right here in washington, d.c..

>> let us pray in the manner in which we have been taught with our hands cuffed. join me in this prayer. in the name of allah the business of -- benefits and, merciful, all praise is due to allah, the lord of the worlds, the beneficent, the merciful. day.r of this to you alone do we serve. do you alone do we beseech or value. , titus on the right path. the path upon those whom god has bestowed faith, and not on the path thy wrath has been brought down or the folks who have gone stray at the hearing of thy teaching.

>> now, and the african this bishop has worked hard to bring his meeting together. >> good morning. in the tradition of our ancestors, i pull libations. is do you care me, and your response is i do. i called three times to you and to the spirit. [calling in foreign language] we thank you, because without you, we cannot exist. we thank for you -- we thank you

for the blood and are bodies and in our veins. we thank you for the thought you held back the rain today. we thank you, we pray blessings forinister louis farrakhan having the vision to call us together. -- wend wilson who has pray unless all of those leaders will come across the country that have made us -- it possible to say god, we thank you. god, we thank you for arguing. we thank you because you are the future. we thank you for our elders because you are the walking library. we thank you. we thank you for bringing peace this day and harmony this day and giving us the strength to carry on to make sure this is not just a vision but becomes manifest. we thank you. i pray blessings for every person here. ,n your homes, life, families

love, life, prosperity be upon you. we thank you for blessing this day. we thank you for this house right here that they will hear this call and will be moved by the spirit to make sure that justice is equal for everyone. equal housing, equal health, equal prosperity. we thank you. we thank you because we are all in one family. for every man, woman, child, every person black, white, brown, red, we thank you. we thank you for the lgbt community here they are part of our family. we thank you. we thank you for not only hearing these prayers, we thank you for answering these prayers. for answering these prayers, we say thank you, think you, thank you, thank you. an end. -- amen.

>> brothers and sisters, those who are sitting up front, i wish you could see what i see meeting out toward the monument. . gigantic crowd it poured down rain last night. the people are pouring in here today. but your hands together and give almighty god a mighty praise for what he is doing on today. i bring to you a young lady who is a psychologist by profession working on her phd, using psychology -- using psychology and spirituality, two disciplines, not only that, but one of the most powerful and dynamic young preachers in our nation. she also happens to be my daughter, reverend brown. [applause]

>> praise the lord, everybody. this is the day that the lord has made. we will rejoice and be glad in it. we are here on assignment today . we showed up as within our experience, we heard the call. we answer the call. it is time to break the chains of oppression that have kept our people in bondage. america, our people has been challenged with oppression. we have been broken. we have cried, our souls have ached. because weay, here are change agents. we are chained breakers. god is calling us to rise up, just as the phoenix rises up from the dust, so that we can

declare our divine birthright in the earth. we are standing today in our power. we are standing today in our authority. the psychological chains of oppression have kept us in bondage. today is a new day. as we break the spirit of oppression, we call out everything that has sought to keep us in bondage. first corinthians three and 16 say you are god. your body houses the temple of god. we are now claiming our divine birthright. the king is returning to the kingdom. the queen is returning to the throne. today, you mighty people, save yourself from the dust, and rise up.

boost your self the chains that have been around your neck, loose yourself from the chains around your mind. an army is rising up. is there an army that is rising up? is there an army that is rising up? we are here to break the chains of wickedness, bondage, oppression. i don't know about you, but just like when at midnight there was a great earthquake and the gan to fall from their wrists and ankles. today, it is midnight in america. the darkest moment before daybreak. we declare that the chains are falling off. i hear chains falling. i hear chains falling. break every chain. break every chain. ♪

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jesus. ♪ name ofis power in the jesus. ♪ power in the name of jesus. ♪ ♪ break every chain ♪ break every chain ♪ break every chain ♪ break every chain ♪ break every chain again, there is power ♪ ♪ in the name of jesus. believe today as we as a people, ♪ ♪ 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 it, break to declare every chain ♪ ♪ break every chain >> is there an army out there? there is an army rising up. ♪ up. ♪e is an army rising army rising up. ♪ break every chain ♪ ♪ break every chain ♪ break every chain ♪ break every chain ♪ break every chain

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jesus. ♪ power in the name of jesus. ♪ power in the name of jesus. ♪ ♪ break every chain ♪ break every chain ♪ break every chain ♪ grexit if you want to break the chain, say yah! we are going to break the chains of jealousy and disunity. i will now state what our purpose is today, what we have .ome to do today

brothers and sisters, protocol has been established. let me tell you why we are here. if you are here to frolic, you are here for the wrong reason. if you are here for a ceremony, you are here for the wrong reason. if you are here just to celebrate, you are here for the wrong reason. we are here today to demand justice. and demanded now. we are here today to demand of ourselves, individually and collectively, and of all of the groups and ethnicities represented here 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 questions 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 suffered the largest mass murder of any class of people in american history. the question of whether we will demand justice and fair dealing

must be answered by the latino around 1848, until inhabited california, arizona, utah, colorado, and new mexico, and are now being asked to leave the land that was forcibly taken from them by america in the treaty of guadalupe a. also in 1848, this is a question that must the answered by black americans who are the victim of the most profound process of cultural and human genocide in the history of mankind. it is a question to be answered by black americans, stolen from robbedeland in africa, of our language, names, and and made slaves in america for hundreds of years. all of us must answer this

question today of whether we will demand justice or continued to be social doormats and economic steppingstones of our oppressors. the irony of all of this is that this question must be answered today by a nation whose founding fathers declared that we hold ,hese truths to be self evident that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, while at the same time exploited mexicans, pillaged and plundered africa, and annihilated the native american population. the question must be answered by black americans who were deemed by the united states of aitution to be 3/5 human being. we are here today because of the

nativeducation of americans, latinos, and black americans in terms of our constitution to world history and the history of this nation. ol facinghis capit most of you. it is a fact that our black made the brakes used for the capitals foundation and walls. built the foundation and laid the stones that hold up the capital today. they did not just contribute physical labor. ofk up there at the statue freedom on top of the capitol. when they couldn't get it out of the crate when it was shipped from rome, it was a black slave brought up from washington from charleston, s.c. who figured how to get it out of the crate. not only how to get it out of the crate, put it back together.

and showed america how to get it .p on top of this capital we built this nation, not just with our hands, but with our minds and spirits. . we demand justice. justice today,nd and the question must be answered by all of us. thate here today, aware black lies have not matter, latino lives of not matter, native american lives have not matter. we are here today because many of us are not aware that if we had been my two, light on -- out, trickedd ab and bamboozled. we are here today because too many of us have been satisfied by the fact that we have a black

president and a few black billionaires while the masses of our people still live in squalor and poverty. ofare here today because disparity in the american, black, and latino community. and the fact that we are still being used as human guinea pigs. of thehere today because american industrial prison complex making extraordinary profits off of our incarcerated brothers and sisters who are paid as little as seven cents an hour. we are here because we have problems in the black community, in our own community. we are here to demand that the willful want of blacks on blacks cease on stuff -- and stop. we are here to demand that we make good use of the $1.3

trillion that go through our hands every year. we are here today because we know there is great crime in our community that we must address. dr. martin luther king in 1967 spoke about the analysis of social disorder in america, of playing against party -- poverty. quoted victore hugo who said where there is darkness, crimes will be emitted -- emitted -- committed. the guilty ones are not those who commit the crime but those who create the darkness. dr. king said that white society had created the darkness. we have crime, he said, but that crime is derivative of the white society. we have slums and poverty, he said, but the slums and poverty derive from the racism and

oppression and whites privacy in america. we are here today because no other group has committed so for, andked so hard yet received so little. we are here to get another chance. the one that was given to dr. king was marked insufficient funds. we come here to get that check exchanged for a check that gives us what we deserve. jews. reparations, the japanese gut reparations. inn america was established 100, whites were given acres of land for a dollar an a good. in 1862 under the homestead act, 160 acres free. butere let go but nothing

the rise on our back and given nothing. let me ask this question one more time. what will we do about the unfairness and inequality? will we just be upset? will we just be angry and do nothing? we have had conventions, conferences, shutdowns, freedom rides, protests, rallies, marches, wrote articles in looks, radio and tv panels against white american american, and native and black american victimization . such discussions of all of these various incarnations have all been met with psychological, political, and economic death. i am saying to you, i'm not is -- enough is enough, and

we come to demand justice today. today tot come here just entreat in humble supplication. what word can we use that frederick douglass, harriet wb dubois, paul josephon, reverend lowery, malcolm x, reverend dr. martin luther king junior, and countless others have already used? we had done everything conceivable to fight for justice and equality in this country. we have petitions, demonstrations, suffocated, agitated -- sup nation,, implored this

but continue to be buffered by the words of imposition and justification. our cries, moans, and menstruation sport justice met with violence and in so. ications have been disregarded and we have been met with contempt. fold, no longer just weep, bag and pray. we need justice which we have been seeking forever so long. we must stand up and demand justice. i am tired. i don't how you feel, but i am tired of stupid, sugary sweet candy,dy -- cotton powder puff incarnations. new,ed the birthday basket real, raw, fruit. why are we here today?

we are here because we need a movement. we are here because we need a focused, organized, systematized approach to solve our problems. i know some of you think nothing can be done. i know some of you think we don't have the power to stand up against our from where the -- our formidable adversary and the most powerful unique -- nation in the world. i know some of you have been customized desk rippled by a customized version of religion that causes you to wait on religion while god is waiting on you. this is not unlike the crowd that jesus saw out on a hill, and he called them as he related -- he saidterms of one is like a beaten path that has been walked on so long that nothing will germinate.

this struggle is a moral one. for the endurance of those who feel oppressed and stay oppressed. finally, we are here today to come together in unity. we need unity of all of our leadership and all of our organizations. that is the very heart of this message today. our unity, noted in our shared history and shared struggles. our goal is what is called operational unity. diversity, a unity without uniformity. a unity in well-being and margin with our people. therefore, today is both a call and a demand to come together, focusing not on what divides us, but on what unites us. youth, apart as elders,

baptist, delta, omega, democrat, republican, muslim, skinny, fat, short, tall, female, male, sunni, catholic, protestant, orthodox, christian, dark skin, light skin, middle-class, anything else that is used to divide us, rejecting each other, fighting each other, stupid, petty titles and labels that divide us. catching hell, so what in the hell are we fighting over when everybody is catching hell? to all of us here today, we are anger, fear,oy, jealousy, and dislike for one another. we are here today because we need god to bless us and the start of this movement today. it is not by power or might, that by my spirit, saith the

lord. let us bind together, stick together, bands together, demand together till justice rolls like a river and righteousness, like a mighty stream. are you ready to demand justice? [applause] privilege now to introduce a warrior, city council member who has reduced the resolution to the city council -- introduced the resolution. it passed the city council and was cemented to congress in terms of the long-standing we have had for home rules. put your hands together and receive councilmember vincent orange. [applause]

>> 20 years ago, one million men came to washington dc to atone. through our atonement, we agreed to refrain from crime, drug addition, and family abuse, while accepting spontaneity for ourselves, families, and taxes. today, we are here in the nation's capital again with atonement as our foundation. justiceto embark upon or else. justice or else. justice is tied to truth. the truth shall set us free. i am vincent orange, a resident d.c.,tizen of washington, and an at-large member of the council of the district of columbia. today, i had a truth to share 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 faith, and the one man, one woman principal our democracy is built on. today, we speak truth to power. 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, nearly 700,000 district residents pay more than $3 billion in federal taxes each district nine and women have served in the united states armed forces, fighting,

dying. 2000 of them dying for our beloved country, yet, we have no representation in congress. god bless the child who helps his own. the citizens of the district of columbia must have their own representatives in the house of representative's and two voting members in the senate. today, i stand under -- and front of you under the umbrella of justice and demand for the 700,000 district of columbia residents and citizens of the united states of america statehood or else. . statehood now. the district of columbia, the 51st state of the united states of america, has a population larger than the state of vermont and wyoming. moreover, we have an economy larger than the state of alaska, delaware, hawaii, idaho, maine, mississippi, montana, north dakota, nebraska, new hampshire,

rhode island, south dakota, vermont, west virginia, and wyoming. $7trict residents generate billion in local tax revenue. washington, d.c.'s annual revenue is $7 billion. 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. today, how many of you have trouble -- travel from another state to get here? did you know that if you decide to live here and become a resident of the district of columbia, you lose all of your voting or presentation in congress simply because you live in the district of columbia? states between the

states of maryland and virginia, you lose voting representation in congress, and immediately become subject to taxation without representation. the firstw african-american attorney general of the united states, eric holder junior, 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? note, i moved from oakland, california to the district of columbia in 1980. i have been without a voting representative ever since. simply because i occupy this soil, this land, and i am a resident citizen located here in the district of columbia in the united states of america. my children, like the other children of the district of columbia, have been robbed of the opportunity to become a voting member of the united

states house of representatives, or a voting member of the united states senate because they are resident citizens of the district of columbia. be onei call upon you to of the one million signatures resented to the president of the united states, to the 535 numbers of congress, to the 2016 democratic national convention and the republican national convention demanding statehood or else. hood oils. sign the petition with the volunteers in red shirts, or go to our website change.org & and signed the washington, d.c. petition. petition,sign this urging the president of the united states and the members of congress to support statehood and full representation for the

658,000 893 residents of the district of columbia who electively pay more than $3 billion in federal taxes each year and were 200,000 brave resident men and women have served in the united states armed forces defending, fighting, and 2000 of them dying for our beloved country, yet have no voting presentation in congress. a trueeve this to be denial of democracy to the residents of the nation's d.c. andwashington, the citizens of the united states of america. statehood or else. statehood or else. under the umbrella of justice or else. bless the statehood, justice or else. [applause] >> councilmember vincent orange,

another hand, will you please? , will now introduce to some the lustrous mayor of our city, has worked hard making it possible for us to celebrate and come together to demand justice on today. we are most proud to have her be with us today. will you put your hands together to receive the mayor of the district of columbia? >> hello, everybody. welcome to your nation's capital. i am very pleased to follow my friend, vincent orange, and calling attention to the injustice of taxation without representation in washington, d.c.. it is my great privilege to be the seventh elected mayor of my hometown, washington, d.c.

it is my great privilege to speak for the 660,000 washingtonians who call washington, d.c. home. , butay taxes, go to war you do not have a voice in this great house of democracy. forave a lot to be grateful in this district of columbia. we have grown, attractive people, attractive businesses, grown our prosperity. more injustice remains in that more washingtonians are sharing in that prosperity. ago, onehat 20 years million men came to the district of columbia. it is my privilege to be mayor at the time that we celebrate this 20th anniversary. my good friend, you know him

where, marion barry was there those 20 years ago. remindede, and i was 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. generationy in my who have been trusted, trusted speak up forave to those same injustices. . ran here to be here that is why you see me in running close. -- clothes. today's event.s our ministration 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 you are willing to work hard, you, too, deserve a second chance in our district of columbia and in our nation. we continue to fight so that everybody has a pathway to that prosperity. i read a sad statistic about my town. we havethat since 2007, grown by many tens of thousands of people. we have grown the prosperity you heard vincent orange talk about how proud we are. we have also grown the number of people who are poor in our city. i know that you will continue to fight with me. you will sign the pledge for d.c. statehood.

we will make sure that the andity, classrooms education for our youth, jobs for our youth, and a second chance for all of our people returning home. thank you, everybody. god bless our city. [applause] minister farrakhan: in this movement, we have worked to pull together the joshua generation, understanding that many times there are gaps between the older generation and the younger generation. one of the younger generations persons who works so valiantly and hard in this effort hails out of new york city, a protege and isgreat bellefonte

part of the justice league in new york. has heris own -- she own consulting firm. she has been traveling across the country, speaking, organizing, mobilizing. i would ask that you put your hands together and receive t omeka 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 and the opportunity to serve that has been given to me by the honorable minister louis farrakhan. i have served on site many great individuals, including my brother. i am proud to be here in that cassidy. you, i amnest with

here today because i'm a like mother of a black son, and i did not come to washington to play games. , the million man watch -- march the the small. the circumstances of the mightient -- convening have been different, but the spirit in which the march happened was the same as today. we gather in unity. we gather to demand justice. 20 years ago, and amidst an oppressive state and racial violence, our brothers, supported by many sisters, marched for atonement, reconciliation, and responsibility for the black man. we are here come continuing legacy. ,y father, who is here today was among the almost 2 million men who gathered here in 1995.

we gather again knowing that much is at stake. ago, this story would have fallen on death years. it would have been left to the ages of a falsified police report, rather than broadcasted to the world to know what happened to him. 20 years ago, his bravery would have never been known to us. we would have never questioned what happened. 20 years ago, mike brown's body being left on the street for 4.5 hours, riding in the sun, have only traumatized that community -- rotting in the sun -- instead of waking up the people as a day. his last words would have been whispers to his killers instead of shouting to us wake up. make jones, myay, iona

hall, let us remember the ones who commit the murders write the report. america, we cannot grieve. yet, in between the gasps for air and the silent hangs between s, we speakat their names, we say the names, and we speak it because we know their names could one day be ours. we are here today to say that we choose differently. the deaths oflow our brothers and sisters to go unnoticed. they aret be that killed by someone in our community, or someone outside. fox news will have you believe that we came here today to provoke violence. we are not the violent ones. we are being murdered.

[applause] we gathered here today to peace. peace, to demand we are obligated to stand for those who have been lost. say justice or else, we mean exactly that. have calleds who me, who are scared, with your skepticism, step we are promising to never give up until the dream that dr. king spoke to us is realized for all of us and for my 16-year-old son , he means the world to me, and i will lay down my life to ensure that he is able to live free in this country. we have a lot of work to do, brothers and sisters. we do not have time to play games. we did not come to washington to play games. the minister is not here to play

games. go back and tell your brothers and sisters the time [indiscernible] is over. [applause] you a grouping to of people who understand what it is to have their native land stripped from them. we love the unity that we have received from our native brothers and sisters, our latino brothers and sisters, and the ones who have worked to organize to bring them together tirelessly is no other than sister, please, give her around of applause. [applause] watch the video on behalf of the native community first and the next voice you hear will be that the

assist her. -- that of the sister. [indiscernible] [video clip] [indiscernible]

[indiscernible] [applause] >> greetings. proud native american and black woman. we are joined today for the unity of all of us together because our issues is the same, rn justices and our economy are, -- are justices and in the me is the same. we are coming together with our indigenous family because we must unite for justice or else. i want to introduce to you my dear uncle, my warrior, a warrior or us, for all directions of our people, chief arnie long walker. [applause]

chief long walker: i do not know what to say, brothers and sisters. 500 years of oppression, 500 years of looking for equality we, the redwhen man, the black men, the red woman, a black woman, where the first slave taking by my ancestors and from day one, we became blood brothers. what happened? i am asking you today, my brothers, if we could get our minds together, we earned the

majority and we would not have to ask for equality and justice because we could raise our finger and they would give it to us. the only problem we have is we had an enemy out there. an enemy that we see every morning in the mirror. until we straightened out without, we do not have to worry about the white man or anybody else. we have to worry about each other. straighten ourselves out, my brother, let's come together, the red and the black, we are the majority, and whatever we want, we can have. you are the only ones, you who force,ught here against the only ones we have, except it. the rest are here. we did not bring them here. they are telling me to stop. andave given you 500 years they have only given us about five minutes, so thank you. [laughter] [applause]

>> ready for the revolution, we come today in the spirit of my mohammed and ready for the revolution. held us in 1978 for we walked across the country, it takes us months -- it took six months to walk across because there was about to take away our hunting, fishing, and water license as though they said this building, we were here before this building and we will be here after this building. we want people to understand -- hebama needs to free has been in prison for 47 years. they have a whole race of indigenous people on

reservations, concentration camps, they are out there killing indigenous people as though we come here in unity because he had been invited by the minister. power and with inviting us to libya, he is still alive, so we say, down, down, usa, down, down, usa! down, down, freedom to the native people. there is so much we want to tell you, but you look beautiful. [applause] >> piece. eace. i am proud to be here on the

half of the american young people, young folks standing in solidarity, demanding justice, justice or else. justice or else. justice and injustice that we must correct, the native folks. native folks have been -- we have been antagonized by the has monster that antagonized so many people of color. it is called [indiscernible] it is called the doctrine of discovery. doctrine that is enslaved and has punish us on many years, for centuries. we demand that the catholic church revoke it in the racist doctrine of its governance.

moreover, we demand that the catholic church rescind the statehood of juniper sarah. thank you. [applause] [speaking foreign language] you, i amvery one of ,hief from the buffalo nation the black hills of south dakota, thank you for inviting all of us are the firstve nation's people. today, it is a great honor to be here. in this placere

sick andher earth is has a fever. life isr of , the water right now our prayers go out to the dakota inple and south dakota. they protect the art of life. yousk each and every one of to stand together in peace and live.that we shall [applause]

>> good afternoon. my name is jane that will -- jay night wolf. years, i have5 been on 89.3 fm. the only native american hash of east of the mississippi on radio. american showtive east of the mississippi on radio. need to give us more time, the indians need a little more time. you sit and you stand on land

that was stolen from my people but yet they say you cannot talk but for a few minutes. excuse me. we 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. people are the poorest people in north america. stageoing to get off the because my brother will be

talking to you shortly, minister lewis. [applause] >> i would like to introduce my brother, the latino representative of the nation of islam, minister able mohammed. abel mohammed. 2 allah, peacee of be unto you. it is an honor to be here this afternoon with our black brothers and sisters, with our aboriginal brothers and sisters, without brothers and sisters from latin america, the caribbean, and all over turtle

island, it is an honor to be here. not just so we could be introduced to one another, but so we can be reunited as we were in the beginning. we are one people. when we are united. what has been missing is we have been deprived of that knowledge which will allow us to see one another as we are and see ourselves as we are, so today is not a day where we are being introduced to each other, today is a day that the family is coming back together with one cry and one purpose. else.at is for justice or justice or we say else. it is an honor to be here with you. it is an honor to present some members of the family in your community of brothers and sisters that have struggled for justice from mexico, odwalla, puerto rico, from oliver central and south america and to bring us further it -- from oliver

central and south america and to bring us further together is our brother, michael reyes. please, welcome him. [applause] i will do a freestyle peace because of the energy that is here. i am from detroit, and i will share a little piece. we say justice or else for my people, sometimes a stick by lingle, triangle, pick with the power and pen, sometimes we use it again, freedom all, justice or else, what is justice, now, we show you how, we fight the borders and immigration to change the situation, iv ready on the tv station. i follow -- on the tv station. i follow my people, we talk about black glass because black lives matter, but not just those, my people, not my people, at the tip of a gun, justice or else.

[applause] we want to bring before you are wonderful sister who is a fronteras pueblos sin in chicago and struggles on behalf of the x ago and immigrant people because we know we are not immigrants. we may have migrated, but we are not immigrants. we are the original people of the planet earth whether we call ourselves mexicans or puerto ricans, we are here and this is our land we are sitting on. it is ours to take care of. welcome our sister, a fighter for justice on behalf of her people and all of our people, the pastor of lincoln united methodist church, reverend lazano. please, welcome her with a round of applause. reverend: justice or else. justice or else. we remember our history so that we know who we are. we look back so we know how to

move forward. today, we look back on our beginnings and we work one with their own land. we look back on the conquerors who broke up our families, placed us in chains of slavery, lynched our men, took our land, and imposed governments of the continentson of the americas. we look back to remember we are the original people. we remember the struggles of our won independence in mexico and latin america. who won freedom from slavery and jim crowe in the north but we still face oppression and discrimination. we are the peoples of resistance. we are mexicanos. and the people of the south make arizona, newxas, mexico, california, colorado

were stolen from our people, but it is still our land. today, i went to say on behalf icanos, we honor luis. we know the people of the south forced migration. we did not come here because we liked the weather, we came here because we were looking for work and that is the american dream. it was a nightmare that this country had placed in our country that forced us to lead, but i tell you now and i declare , now we are fruitful and we have multiplied and we have become more numerous than all of the stars in the sky. united black and brown unity! morere deportation, no family separation.

with her without papers, we join the african-american community to elect a president and that we march in the largest, most largest mobilization in the history of this country to say we are a people of resistance, lack and brown unity, no one is -- black and brown unity, knowing is illegal. selecting the community has found unity to defend our families and the generation like the black community has found unity to stop mass incarceration and police murders. it is the love of god that gives us unity and unity gives us power. we are united, we are the new majority of this nation. there are some that would like to deny this and are using hatred and racism, but they can inevitable,y the they have denied millions the right to vote their immigration status and the criminalization.

we demand the immediate and of mass deportation and mass incarcerations. else for justice or ine 43 disappeared students o mexico. we deny freedom for lopez, the longest held puerto rican prisoner, we asked freedom for errano wholson said o has been facing imprisonment and on death row. we are asking for freedom because we are the new majority. in florida, they would like to execute innocent person. we are one people, one nation. thank you. justice or else. we want to present to speak a few moments, she will be speaking in spanish, not that

that is our original language, but the language are congress and post on this, but the lingwood a majority of our people in this part of the world, the western hemisphere, speak. it is not our original language but it allows us to communicate effectively. please, welcome her. >>[speaking spanish] this take a look back to move us forward. based on our origins when we were owners of our land, we adores --he caucus the conquerors that put us in chains of slavery. [speaking spanish]

we are the city of god. past fiveembering the to five for independence for the our latin countries and from the slavery. we are cities of resistance, thank you to minister lewis for the invitation and opportunity. [speaking spanish]

we fight against deportation and criminalization. we are asking for justice for them. lopezed our brother oscar and we ask for justice, justice or else. >> not, we have a special presentation. the song in spanish which will be sung by the sun of the raisedle elijah mohammed in mexico, raised among our people, and i say our people because we are one people. once a get past the lies we have and told about who we are

the history that has us misidentifying ourselves, we can see ourselves as family once we know the truth and part of but binds as is the freedom of our cultural expression. i want to welcome you now, welcome to these microphones, minister mohammed. [applause] ♪ song i am going to sing in spanish. i rooted for a great revolutionary and i feel his spirit is here with us today. really honest about that. zapata.iano ♪ singing in spanish] ♪

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it is the land that gives us freedom. zapata's with of us today, and say i would rather die on my feet than to live on my knees. ♪ zapata.a, singing in spanish] ♪ [singing in spanish]

♪ [singing in spanish] >> we are all brothers. bless each and every one of us. this is a song on an album already out. just this or else. -- justice or else.

we are not leaving an answer anhout -- leaving without answer from him. this is a day the lord has made. i love you. [speaking spanish] another roundthem of applause. [applause] i'm sorry.

i want to make sure that we all know those of you who are looking forward that we have people who are gathered here from where i am standing all the way to 17th street. let's give them and yourselves round of applause for coming out today. they said we were not going to do it, but did we do it? are we out here? all right, and the, we will hear from the haitian community. any note the challenges the haitian community and the dominican community have been having, so we are going to bring joseph, thether nation of islam's are presented for the haitian community, and also vladimir x, the nation of islam's representative for the dominican republic. let me say that again to make sure i get it right. x,d in mere x -- vladimir the nation of islam's

representative for the dominican republic. ok, we have to little change. we are going to think the haitian community shortly. -- we are going to bring the haitian community shortly. i'm going to bring out someone who is responsible for all we have seen. all of this has been worked on by this brother and the team assembled by the minister and that is the nation of islam's chief of staff, brother leonard mohammed. [applause] you all can do better than that. let's give a round of applause. [applause] [applause] brother mohammed: our praises to allah. a special salute to our minister and teacher, lewis far gone --

rrakhan.r i want to thank the mayor of washington dc for her graciousness and kindness that she extended to us when we began to organize this event. i want to thank her staff .erson, tamika mitchell not only that, i want to thank capitol police. we started off a little rocket, but we worked it out. .nd, janetta mitchell sergeant byrd. our illustrious counsel, and

members of our national board secretary mohammed. you all don't know how much it means to us to finally see this great result that i look at from this podium. it is a beautiful sight to see. thank all of us, and our brothers and sisters, for attending this important event to hear the powerful message from the honorable louis farrakhan. we needed permission to be here from the government, even though we should not need permission. but, we do have a brother in the congress, who has assisted us in the past in this regard. he went to congress and to the senate, and was able to reduce -- produce a resolution, a joint

resolution, a unanimous resolution for us together here again. this is a historic resolution come, thisdo not time, for atonement, reconciliation, and responsibility. they like that. easy resolution frost to have. when we wanted to introduce a resolution that said, "justice or else," it became a little sticky, a little difficult. theme.id not like that i cannot wait for the honorable minister louis farrakhan to get here, to say to the whole world, " means. "else

so, please help me bring to the podium, a man who has been here before, who stood here three other times to take responsibility for the resolution that we received from his office. he is a member of congress for years, and now, the powerful ways and means committee. ways.congressman, we need we need what we need. we want justice. help me bring before you congressman danny k davis of illinois, my friend and my brother. thank you so much. [applause] davis: thank you very much. thank you, brother leonard.

20 years ago, i was not a member of congress. i was here with three busloads of men, women, and children from chicago who had come with me. of men, women, who had come with the hope of ushering in a new day, a brighter day, a new tomorrow, a new sense of fairness, justice, equal opportunity, equal treatment, and equal protections under the law. , and here 10 years ago please to have submitted the concurrent resolution of obtaining use of the capitol grounds for a tenure of the million man

march. just as i'm pleased to have been deep sponsor of the concurrent resolution allowing us to be here today for these activities. 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. today's gathering is a fatefirmation of the that the dark past has taught us. the hope that the president has brought us. yes, we are facing the rising

sun of our new day begun. we will march on so everyone will know that black lives do matter. so overmuc march on aggressive law enforcement procedures will not be the order of the day. we will march on so every child has access to high-quality education. we will march on so that every citizen will know that they can get health care. we will march on with the understanding that today is our day. tomorrow is our day. we will march with the vision, and the leadership of minister louis farrakhan. i'm pleased to be here with all of you, my brothers and sisters. [applause]

>> thank you very much. we are now going to hear from representatives for the palestinian community. we all know him very well. that is the reverend jeremiah wright, professor emeritus at trinity college united church of christ. he will be joined by my sister in the justice league, and that is linda, a national rights andan civil social justice activist. let us welcome them. [applause]

reverend wright: to our hosts, our sisters and brothers, we are grateful to god to be able to be speak a word on behalf of palestinian justice. those who put this program the original had people of this country on this platform. for thisso powerful reason. they came here to remind us of the fact that this was their country before the europeans decided that their god had given them this country. the same issue is being fought today, and has been fought, 1948, and biblical historians will carry back to the book of judges where the

original people, the palestinian -- it is easy to remember, jesus was a palestinian -- the palestinian people have had the europeans come and take their nations ignoring united resolution after resolution, over 40 resolutions, and illegally occupied territories, the territory and make it there is because there got told them they can have somebody else's country. the youth in ferguson, and the have unitedestine together to remind us that the dots need to be connected. tot dr. king said, a threat justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, is a besider as we stand as

our palestinian brothers and sisters who have boycott, howested, and sanctions -- we fought apartheid in south africa. there is an apartheid wall being built, twice the size of the , keepingll in height palestinians off of a legally occupied territory, where the europeans have claimed that land as their own. dr. martin luther king said in the riverside church, we are fighting a three cubic human. manifestations of that demon today, and not only on the world stage from native americans in this country to native americans in central america, native americans called mexicans, haiti.lans, cubans,

native americans who see foreigners taking their land. we are fighting a three headed demon. -- capitalism. 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, make peace be upon you. i'm a palestinian muslim american. i have the blood of an oppressed

strong people, a courageous people that runs through my veins. powerre to speak truth to . we are here to speak truth to power. we are one sisters and brothers, and our liberation is bound up together. the same people who justified the massacres of the palestinian it, "collateral damage," are the same people who justify the murder of black young men and women. the same people who want to import millions of undocumented immigrants are the same people who hate muslims and want to take our right to worship freely in this country. common enemy, sisters or brothers, is white supremacy. let's call it what it is. we are not here to make people

feel comfortable. i'm tired of people asking us, .hat the "else" is you would not have to ask that question if we already had justice. we are angry, sisters and brothers. yout let them ask you why are angry. as them why they are not angry. ago, millions came to mall. 50 years ago, our ancestors march from selma to montgomery. i'm tired of coming back every every 50 or 20 years, to talk about the same thing we were talking about all those years before. 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 cs on our knees is when we are praying, sisters and brothers. [applause] i stand here today as the palestinian american to tell you that the liberation of the palestinian people is bound up with the liberation of lack the in america. in america.ple we will be one. i will recommit my party, mine, and sold to black liberation, which will liberate all of us. we are one, sisters and others. the people united will never be defeated. power to the people. [applause] >> that is my sister. new york city to

washington, d.c. together to protest police brutality. that is kin the kind of strength that the justice league n.y.c. and bodies. we are now bringing the haitian community. joseph hear from brother and also vladimir asked, the nation representative for the dominican republic your let me say one ring. when minister farrakhan is ready bespeak, all others will cut. when the minister comes out, it will be shut down. >> in the name of god, i bear that of elijah mohammed

is our exalted christ. i also bear witness that the honorable minister louis farrakhan is divine. brothers and sisters, i would like to greet each and every one of you with the greeting of peace. i am here, with my brothers and sisters, from haiti and dominican republic. we want to show to the world that we are not going to be allowed to be divided. .ot anymore the division of our people is to the benefit of the enemy. the unity of our people is to our benefit. we will do everything necessary one.ep us at

keep us together. 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. thank the honorable louis farrakhan for his vision. today, you see on the stage, the dominican flag and the haitian fight side-by-side, saying to the enemy, your plans have failed. [applause] would likes point, i pleaseour sister, receive our sister with a well deserved round of applause. [applause] is a prayer of

revolution. , 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 for crime, but our god wields 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 man's 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 would like to introduce vladimir asked, the representative of the nation of islam to the dominican republic. [applause] x: in the name of allah , i bear witness that there is no god but a lot, the originator of the heavens 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. it shares a border with our sister nation of haiti. for those of you who have not been following current events

pertaining to what is going on on this island, there is a move afoot to divide natural allies and natural brothers and sisters, the 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 rot from mother africa centuries ago . the only difference between the haitians in the dominicans is a piece of cloth called the flag that has been used by our open enemy for centuries to keep the overwhelming majority of the human family divided. we cannot continue. we must not continue to let a minority of europeans rule over the majority of the black inhabitants 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. no matter what flag you identify yourselves with, the whole earth is your home. identify yourself with the sun, the moon, and the stars. andhere that you can walk breeze, this is your home, my beautiful black brothers and sisters here the difference between the haitians and the dominicans -- the dominicans spanish,aved by the so we speak spanish and have spanish names. the haitians were enslaved by the french, so they speak french and have french names, but we are all the same people. we have been victimized by the same wicked oppressor for over 500 years. brothers and sisters, justice or else. he's be unto you -- peace be

unto you. >> give him another round of applause. [applause] the reason mistake should not exist is because we correct them. mr. leonard lee of the national thankervice, when i people, i forget to mention his name. he is one of the people who helped to get us here, and he has been marvelous throughout the whole process. leonard lee, wherever you are today, thank you and much respect to you. you did a great job, and we enjoyed to work with you. thank you very much. we have to get a little more energy out here, y'all.

i want to hear you as loud as possible. we want justice, right? no justice. no peace. likewise matter. -- black lives matter. the minister has crisscrossed this country, meeting with many artists. the hip-hop community has been very involved. a spoken wordg piece now from a member of justice league n.y.c. >> justice or else. what does that mean? , they asked me, what does that mean? i mean, what do you mean, what does it mean? having you see what i see on that screen for yourself. we need justice. then you say, yet, we need

justice, but what do you mean by "else"? we are going to give them back christmas and put the toys on the shelf. [applause] onesee, we are the only enslaved, so it is time to exercise our power and redistribute that pain. it is insane to do the same thing and expect a different result. ask yourself, how are you going to fight in the court when the murdero commit the are the ones who write the report. eight you tired of being tired are you tired of being tired? you cannot expect respect when you don't respect yourself. when the ones who protect the

serbs don't protects. you can't love yourself anymore than you. that means the "else" is up to you. what are you going to sacrifice life?r cake and have a let's take christmas from santa claus and give it back to christ. are going to stand. man, woman, and child together, hand in hand. we understand the facts of the matter. matter,t say all lives until black lives. they don't let it slide. you see, they are found guilty, before being tried. they are not going to keep murdering us, giving us jail records instead of diplomas. [applause]

>> all right! that is what i'm talking about. justice or else. we are now keeping with the hip-hop community, going to brother, who is a former inmate. he spent five years in prison. man picked up a book called "the destruction of black whatlization," and now, -- he was imprisoned he picked that book up, and it changed his life. a doctorale is candidate in the african-american studies program at howard university. let's give it up for my brother. [applause] good morning, brothers and

sisters. i am antwan howard. inraduated with my bachelors 2011. i graduated with my masters in 2013. despite my growth and a competence, i've till a convicted felon. i represent citizens who are part of the mass incarceration bracket in the most and distal industrialized country in the world. latinos walk out of the door every morning with the possibility of being politically disenfranchised. a show of hands, how many convicted felons to we have here today? how may people have family members of waiting trial? this is why we need a national campaign for felony and punishment -- expungement. i struggled to adhere to my organizations literature, which

adheres to six principles -- education, economics, politics, fellowship., we all do these terms and ideas, but we did not have a positive outlet to show them how to use them. now, as an adult, i understand the importance of these ideas. they were not created to be dividers. they were not created for us to terror ties -- terrorize our community with, they were used to solidify our group. currently, i am in the process degreeining my doctoral from howard university.

on the subject of blacks in the academy, i'm consciously reminded of the words of my ancestor, who asked, would you negro?n educated the answer, nigger. that is what a white man called him, a nigger. i was a nigger without a phd, and now i will be a nigger with a phd. the degrees obtained, all of it accolades, the balls of their blood will be of no progress to their people. they will be of no progress to their people, if they do not have knowledge. what i want you to take away from here today is the only way we accomplish whatever we establish, the only way we will be able to keep it is if the are value system is -- our value system is rooted in