Editing Louis Farrakhan (section)

====Million Man March====
In October 1995, Farrakhan convened a broad coalition of what he and his supporters claimed was one million men in Washington, D.C., for the [[Million Man March]]. The count however fell far below the hoped-for numbers. The National Park Service estimated that approximately 440,000 were in attendance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/36682/the-3-to-5-million-man-march|title=The 3 to 5 Million Man March|date=January 16, 2009}}</ref> Farrakhan threatened to sue the [[National Park Service]] because of the low estimate from the Park Police.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|last=Janofsky|first=Michael|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9400E2DA1139F932A15753C1A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1|title=Federal Parks Chief Calls 'Million Man' Count Low|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 21, 1995|access-date=September 14, 2011}}</ref>

Farrakhan and other speakers called for black men to renew their commitments to their families and communities. In Farrakhan's 2{{frac|1|2}} hours he quoted from [[Spiritual (music)|spirituals]] as well as the Old and New Testaments and termed himself a prophet sent by God to show America its evil.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wilgoren|first=Debbi|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/10/22/farrakhans-speech-masons-mysticism-more/5c9427bc-7223-499b-8caf-7e9e5a236079/|title=Farrakhan's Speech: Masons, Mysticism, More|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 22, 1995|access-date=November 30, 2018}}</ref> The event was organized by many civil rights and religious organizations and drew men and their sons from across the United States of America. Many other distinguished African Americans addressed the throng, including: [[Maya Angelou]]; [[Rosa Parks]]; [[Martin Luther King III]], [[Cornel West]], [[Jesse Jackson]] and [[Benjamin Chavis]]. In 2005, together with other prominent African Americans such as the [[New Black Panther Party]] leader [[Malik Zulu Shabazz]], the activist [[Al Sharpton]], Addis Daniel and others, Farrakhan marked the 10th anniversary of the Million Man March by holding a second gathering, the [[Millions More Movement]], October 14–17 in Washington D.C.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4960804|title=Millions More March Draws Black Activists|date=October 16, 2005|work=NPR|access-date=December 16, 2018}}</ref>