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Article: Black Power Day rally on Saturday will put emphasis on self-help
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- June 12, 1997
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Miami Times
06-12-1997
Black Power Day rally on Saturday will put emphasis on self-help
Organizers of Black Power Day, set to take place this Saturday, June 14, at the Orange Bowl, 1503 N.W. 3rd St., 10 a.m.-8 p.m., are clarifying the purpose for the event.
The focus centers on Blacks "having the power within themselves to change whatever they feel should be altered for the betterment of the Black community."
Committee chairpersons say this can be achieved when a better sense of self-worth is gained and that it must come through spiritual elevation.
Accordingly, organizers are beginning the program with a call for fasting and praying and with spiritual invocations pouring of libation to bless ...