The Million Man March

Published: July 21, 2020, 8 a.m.

On 16th October 1995 hundreds of thousands of African American men marched on Washington D.C. in an attempt to put black issues back on the government agenda and to present a positive image of black men.\nAquila Powell \u2013 23 at the time \u2013 was one of the few women who attended the march. She was working for the National Coalition on Black Voter Participation and trying to encourage attendees to register to vote.\nShe talks to Ben Carter about her recollections of that day.

(Photo:The Million Man March, Credit:TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images)