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Article: Do not let messenger obscure message.(Louis Farrakhan's call for Black men's march on Washington D.C.)(Cover Story)(Editorial)
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- National Catholic Reporter
- Article date:
- October 27, 1995
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Was anyone not listening when Louis Farrakhan spoke in Washington last Monday? Would inattention be possible, given that the message he delivered spoke so deeply to our fears, our helplessness, our, yearnings?
The 2.2 million households who, according to Cable News Network's count, tuned in to Farrakhan's long speech - more households than tuned into the pope's address to the United Nations or to any other speech this year - signify the hope we want to feel for our nation's cities and youth.
We want to imagine an end to racism, grinding poverty, festering rage, drugs, abuse of women, crime and death by guns. Yet, increasingly, we mistrust our programs and ...