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ma ago20or were on the national mall yesterday. you can call with your calls or comments at (202) 748-8003. we are also on social media. send us a tweet, @cspanwj. find us on facebook, facebook.com/cspan. or send us an e-mail at journal@c-span.org. here is how usa today previewed the story in an article earlier this week. a photo from the million man march 20 years ago and washington, d.c. the story says the theme this and is "justice or else," does not focus just on african-americans but native americans, women, and a range of groups. speakers will address issues from immigration to native americans, and the rights of lack males who have died at the hands of police and recent

years, according to louis farrakhan. here are some photos of what the event look like, two decades after the million man march, fresh call for justice, and go on the mall, the story says. article notes that it marked the 20th anniversary of the million man march in 1995. although saturday's crowd was far smaller, the spirit of the first movement was echoed by those who addressed the audience.

host: again, we are take your phone calls. we want to know what you think of the impact of the million man march. what has been the state of racial relations in the 20 years since the march took place? we will turn to our first caller, calling on the independent line. edward, good morning to you. what do you think? caller: good morning. the first thing i want to say is i was so upset yesterday when i turned to cbs, abc, fox news, and nbc news. none of our mainstream media theets in america aired million man march yesterday. i think c-span was the only one. the black entertainment television station, and we have another one, tv one tv for african-americans, both of them this march

yesterday. it is embarrassing. it is disgusting. rallywhy do you feel this did not get the level of coverage that the million man march day? caller: i don't know. i don't know why the national media, the tv cameras were not there. is the asking what impact. it is only one day later, but how may people in the country, in the world, had access to this? how will we really know how this rally will affect us, and how will it affect change. i listen to everything louis ofrakhan had to say, all this was good. he gave a shout out to the black lives matter organizers and prone protesters that were there. "justice or else," this was a 20 mainstreamand no media was there. that is a problem. work, callingat on the independent line.

here's a little bit from the rally yesterday. this is nation of islam minister louis farrakhan, talking about injustice and impoverishment of the middle class. [video clip] the middle-class is becoming the new poor. that is the upper crust coming magna below.the it is public now. gases are coming up. you see dust coming up from the sleeping fall cano. it has been asleep so long, you play around like it does not have power to kill you. you play with the lives of poor people. indigenous people. black people. women.

you play with the lives of soldiers, who have given their lives on a floor battlefield only to come home and be rejected, and die while they are waiting for treatment and service. i want to show the world hypocritical america that is telling everybody that they are violating human rights, while, in america, there is all this dissatisfaction. host: that was nation of islam minister louis farrakhan talking yesterday at the rally on the national mall, commemorating the 20th year anniversary of the million man march. our next caller is kenneth from

atlanta, georgia, calling on the democratic line. go ahead. caller: i think the impact of else tour was the same impact of the million man march tour that took place 20 years ago. there is not another leader in the presence or substance of message to gain the respect and attention of black people by speaking truthfully that the number one issue has plagued america for the last 350 years. that is white supremacy. have a black we president has done nothing to ease the condition of black americans because, as the pointed out yesterday, these politicians are bought and paid

for by special interest and lobbyists, who are obliged to promote their own agendas. disappointed by the level of media coverage over the event yesterday and the number of black leaders that attended? caller: of course, but i was not surprised. i was disappointed but not surprised. event, iay up to the was looking for coverage, and did not see it. the mainstream media, and the other cable networks, they are afraid of the message of .inister louis farrakhan it is also not in their interest to have that message resonate with the populace.

has a way of dismantling the status quo. host: all right, we hear your thoughts this morning. our next caller is lawrence from washington, d.c. did you attend the rally yesterday or 20 years ago? or both? caller: i attended both rallies. 20 years ago with my uncles and cousins. i also attended the rally this time by myself. host: what was the difference, in terms of feeling on the ground, size of the crowd? caller: the size of the crowd -- it was more publicized 20 years ago than it was this time. now, when the pope came here, it was publicized throughout the united states, especially in washington, d.c. ministerame time for here, there come

was a lot being published for the million man march the second time. there is an imbalance as far as giving the evil information to people, just as they did the the firsts they done million man march. you have a black president who did not even attend the march, attended the coming of the pope, when the pope came to washington, d.c. when you went to the rally 20 years ago, can you talk a little bit about your experience there. did that happen an impact on your life going forward? caller: had a great impact on my life to see men come together in

seekingr the purpose of a message of hope to the blackms of the so-called man in america. host: i just want to let our viewers know that we are showing an image from the rally 20 years ago on the screen. you can see the size of the crowd, and how large that rally and demonstration was. caller: yes. if you look all the way back to the monument, and if you look at yesterday's rally, it was a little short. just as the picture shows now, i stood on the right-hand side of the capital, close to where the , where the podium was. as they show the pictures, just like how, all the way back to the monument. it was a little short.

i believe that has a lot to do with the fact that they did not allow the information to be put out throughout the nationwide television programs and radio about this march, this time. host: all right. that is lawrence, who attended the march. next up is jerry from detroit, michigan on the democratic line. go ahead. what is your thought on the impact of the million man march? caller: first of all, thanks for having me on. anyway, i think the impact of the march is that there are issues that i think still need to be addressed. i think one of the issues is the killings of black men by white racist cops. i think this gathering, in a some, while it is gaining media attention, it is also going to get scorned, and probably be dismissed by much of

white conservative america. i think that these issues -- think white america dismisses the police issues. host: do you feel there has been progress over the past 20 years since the first march occurred? do you think that march sort of influenced the course of events at all? caller: well, in some ways it did. in ways, i think it still has not had any affect on the people who hate us, particularly conservative white people. i think that any time an issue that affects black america is brought out, i think, whether it is the police issues, the voting rights issues, that sort of thing, that is going to be immediately dismissed. i have a feeling that on the republican side, you will hear a lot of white people scorning

this kind of thing. makes my skepticism and cynicism about conservative white people more warranted. host: there was some news recently about one of those fatal police deaths. usa today reports that reports are finding reasonable force was ,sed in the tamir rice death saying that the officer was justified in killing rice, a 12-year-old boy, who was holding appellate gun, according to conducted at the request of the prosecutor investigating the death. host: next up a shared and from

columbus, ohio. go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. i just returned from a trip to finland last month. they have no drug problems. i realize that is all ethnic, but the folks out there are so outgoing, and we are supposed to nation.istian just remember that a christian nation is the only one that dropped a nuclear weapon. give me a break. there is still racism in this country. a station,i turn on i hear a guy -- believe it or not, several weeks ago, or maybe a month ago, "slavery forever," he said. there is still racism in this country. i don't know what you can do about it.