Blacks Rally for Slave Reparations
Date: Sunday, August 18 @ 18:33:21 BST
Topic: Politics
By JANELLE CARTER, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hundreds of blacks rallied in front of the Capitol on Saturday to demand slavery reparations, saying that compensation is long overdue for the ills of that institution.
"It seems that America owes black people a lot for what we have endured," Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan told the crowd. "We cannot settle for some little jive token. We need millions of acres of land that black people can build."
"We're not begging white people," said Farrakhan, one of several speakers at a rally organizers billed as "Millions for Reparations." ""We are just demanding what is justly ours."
While Farrakhan and Rep. John Conyers did attend, many major names in the black civil rights movement were absent, including the Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rev. Al Sharpton.
"The people on the ground are the ones we want to give exposure to," said one speaker, Hannibal Afrik, 68, of Port Gibson, Miss. "If it's grounded in the people, it will be victorious."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=514&ncid=514&e=6&u=/ap/20020818/ap_on_re_us/slave_reparations_2
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