San Diegans Organize For Million Man March Anniversary

The African American community in Southeast San Diego is calling for an end to police brutality and black-on-black crime.

Organizers handed out forms for people to sign up for the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March  in Washington DC this fall with the goal of raising $50,000 for at least 50 buses and a handful of flights to take participants from San Diego to DC.

Activist Louis Farrakhan brought crowds from all over the country to the nation's capital back in 1995 for the first ever Million Man March. A quarter century later, these organizers want to bring 5,000 San Diegans to join the cause.

“We see that we're fighting a war on two fronts. We see we're fighting a war within ourselves and within poor communities,” said David Muhammad an organizer for the effort. “What also has to be addressed is the institutional racism where we have institutions that are perpetuating injustices."

Farrakhan has been criticized in the past for anti-semitic and anti-white views--a criticism he and his supporters deny.

“To categorize us as a hate group that's something to keep people from our message, and our message is to clean up our people," said Muhammad.

The 20th anniversary march in Washington, D.C. is on October 16.

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