ABSTRACT
The demonstration was the culmination of a year-long mobilisation, led by Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, and former National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) secretary, Benjamin Chavis, and endorsed by more than 200 national black organisations. Although the march’s official position was at first to exclude women-Farrakhan’s advice to women was to stay at home, pray and watch the children-several women’s organisations also endorsed the event, including the National Council of Negro Women and the National Black Women’s Political Congress.
