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Wednesday, 02 February 2011

What Happened to the 'Other' Million Man March?

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "The men and boys communed, shared, laughed, cried, introduced themselves to strangers, formed new relationships, testified to sons, grandsons, confessed, rejoiced, wrote notes and letters to their wives, girlfriends, and mates." -Haki Madhubuti, October 16, 1995 When Egyptian demonstrators announced an indefinite strike and called for a "million man march" in Cairo to topple President Hosni Mubarak's crumbling regime, it evoked another "million...

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