“Gettin’ Ready to Ride into History”

Using the makeup of the travelers, the nonviolent direct action in which they plan to participate, and the bus route-from the West in Los Angeles to the East in Washington who frequently reminds the travelers that they are "gettin' ready to ride into history". The Million Man March/Day of Absence was called in May 1995 by the leader of the Nation of Islam, Minister Louis Farrakhan, in response to his perception of the state of black America in the mid-1990s. Characterizing civil rights movement cinema as "racial conversion narratives", Sharon Monteith argues that this formula results from standard practices in the US motion picture industry. Lee defines legacy as a verb-the act of passing it on. Jeremiah and Xavier are engaged in passing something on, and in so doing, they keep alive the history and culture that both enables and explains the black freedom struggle.