While attending the Kwanzaa fest at the Jacob Javitz Center on December 12, 1998, I saw no other than Mr. Khallid Muhammad, famous for organizing the million youth march and being a former minister for the nation of Islam. When I approached him, I recapped on what happened at the million youth march.

"We were successful to put black power back on the hearts and minds of our youth, to put black power back on the minds and hearts of our people as we prepare to go into the year two thousand," said Muhammad.

He expressed that the turn out was overwhelming, but there could have been more than a 300,000 turn out if the Mayor of New York didn't downplay and discourage people from attending the march. He feels that if the Mayor didn't barricade the streets and shut down train service in that section of Harlem, there would have been an even greater turn out at the march.

"After the million youth march, we can do nothing but move forward. After mass mobilization comes mass organization" said Mr. Mahammad as he sat on the stool looking upwards.

 

He said that representatives like attorney Malik Zulu Shabazz from Howard university in Washington D.C. and members of the Black Power Organizing committee for the million youth march, have begun to work in the cities to build Black power cadres. So with that he departed us to enjoy the fest.