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Stevie Wonder sang briefly and Maya Angelou read a poem urging the crowd to do right by itself and “save your race.” The event often had the feeling of a revival meeting, with men clapping and singing along with church choirs, then bowing their heads in prayer. At one point, like collection plates in a church, cardboard boxes and plastic bags were passed through the crowd for contributions to defray the cost of the event and begin a black economic development fund. Each time a bag was filled, organizers hoisted it into the air to the cheers of the crowd that waved dollar bills in the air. By mid-morning, co-organizer Benjamin Chavis Jr. said the crowd had passed the 1 million mark. Several women spoke on stage, but few were scattered through the crowd. Farrakhan had asked them to stay home to pray, fast and teach the children. He also asked all African-Americans to stay home from work or school and avoid spending money. Farrakhan said Clinton “did not dig deep enough” to find a solution to the racial divide. “Abraham Lincoln saw in his day what President Clin ton sees in this day,” Farrakhan told the crowd. “He saw the great divide between black and white. ... There are still two Americas — one black, one white, separate and unequal.” Men began gathering on the Mall just after midnight, when the temperature was in the 50s. Many brought flash lights, sleeping bags and tape decks. The first prayers and African drumming were scheduled to begin at 5 a.m., but they started more than two hours late. The tone on stage was generally prayerful and inspira tional, but an undercurrent of anger surfaced at times. Two men in the crowd wore dummies of white men on their backs. Campus Continued from Page 1 African-American men to focus on themselves and stop asking the American government for help, Morris said. “If we are not divided, but fo cus on ourselves, it will help America as a whole,” he said. The marches were not meant to be racist, Morris said, because they called for the march of only African-American men. “We have a need in America for the [African-American men] who are educated to teach the black youth,” he said. “The march was not to exclude white Ameri cans, but to help all of America.” Washington focused his speech on the importance of African-American men becoming more involved with organiza tions on campus and applying the meaning of the march to everyday life. Twenty African-American women were also in attendance for the speeches, although they were not direct participants in the march. Lovely Murrell, a march orga nizer and a junior anthropology major, said she, as well as many women around her, agreed with what was said in the speeches. Clinton Continued from Page 1 more lost futures. The other way, the path of courage and wisdom, leads to unity, to rec onciliation, to a rich opportu nity for all Americans to make the most of the lives God gave them.” White Americans should real ize the history of African-Ameri can suffering, Clinton said. “White America must un derstand and acknowledge the roots of black pain,” he said. “It began with unequal treatment first of all, and later in fact. African-Americans have in deed lived too long with a jus tice system that in too many cases has been, and continues to be, less than just.” In contrast, African-Ameri cans, Clinton said, should strive to understand white Americans’ fear of violence in predominantly African-Ameri can urban areas. “It isn’t racist for a parent to pull his or her child close when walking through a high- crime neighborhood, or to wish to stay away from neighbor hoods where innocent children can be shot in school,” the president said. Clinton talked about the need to equalize the economic opportunities for all Americans. The Million Man March tak ing place in the nation’s capital was also discussed, and Clin ton praised the march as a event built around "pride, dig nity and respect” for African- American men. “[The march is] also about black men taking a renewed responsibility for themselves, their families and their com munities,” he said. “It’s about saying ‘no’ to crime and drugs and violence. It’s about stand ing up for atonement ,^nd rec onciliation. It’s about insisting that others do the same, and offering to help them.” But Clinton also indirectly criticized Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who called for the march, as a man who spread “malice and divi sion" and said Farrakhan’s of ten anti-Semitic and anti white remarks should not taint the march. “Let us pray that those who have spoken for hatred and di vision in the past will turn away from that past,” Clinton said, “and give voice to the true message of those ordinary Americans who march.” The president also alluded to Mark Fuhrman, who be came a national symbol of po lice racism and brutality in the O.J. Simpson trial with a taped interview of the Los An geles detective using racist language and speaking of po lice brutality. Clinton urged law enforce ment officials across the coun- “Darius said that when you see someone doing wrong you should n’t ask that they stop, but de mand it, and I agree with that,’ Murrell said. “Demand that they stop selling drugs or demand that they stop beating women. “In these instances we have the tendency to ask instead o( demand.” Murrell said that she agreed with Washington’s call for African-American men to be come more involved with cam pus organizations. “A lot of organizations are ran by African-American women, she said, “and African-American men shouldn’t push them out of these positions, but help them.” Tina Harrison, a march orga nizer and Black Awareness Com mittee chairwoman, said the march was a spur-of-the-moment event, but was gratifying. “A lot of work and coordination went into the march,” Harrison said, “and it was a little difficult getting the message across to the campus, but 1 believe it was worthwhile thing.” Raymond Boney, a senior speech communications major, sang “Amazing Grace” and “We Shall Over Come” at the event. Donavan Wheatfall, a sopho more business administration major, ended the program with a prayer. try to not take advantage of their power. “Police have a life and death responsibility never, never to abuse the power granted them by the people,” he said. Clinton’s remarks revolved around the idea that “we must clean our house of racism” and emphasized the idea that if the country is to succeed, racism must be swept from the Ameri can mindset. “Whether we like it or not, we are one nation, one family — indivisible,” he said. “Divorce or separation are not options. “Here, in 1995, on the ei of the 21st century, we dare not tolerate the existence of two Americas. Under my watch, I will do everything 1 can to see that as soon as pos sible there is only one. 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