April 3, 1999

Police Treatment of Minorities

Participants focused on the brutality some police officers use towards minority groups. They stressed that the Justice Department needs to… read more

Participants focused on the brutality some police officers use towards minority groups. They stressed that the Justice Department needs to provide protections for minority citizens against police brutality to enable minorities to rise above crime and welfare situations. Various family members of people killed by police paid tribute to their relatives. close

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Patricia Baez Resident New York, NY
Jane Bai Member Committee against Anti-Asian Violence

Evadine Bailey Activist
Jamal Harrison Bryant Director NAACP->Youth
Jeffery Buford Activist
Milta Calderon Resident New York, NY
Dorthy Copp-Elliot Resident District of Columbia
Victorial Cruz Member Lesbian and Gay Anti-Violence Project
Ron Daniels Executive Director Center for Constitutional Rights
Sadau Diallo Activist
Sekou Diallo Activist
Donna Dimoly Resident Cleveland, OH
Carl Dix Spokesman Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
Walter E. Fauntroy Director (Former) March on Washington
Karen Ferrell Activist
Nerves Gammage Resident Pittsburgh, PA
Emu Getachaw Resident District of Columbia
Arnetta Grable Resident Detroit, MI
Ethel Greene Activist
Ayanna Gregory Singer
Ronald Hampton Executive Director National Black Police Association
Brandi Harden Student Howard University
Will Harrell Official National Lawyers Guild
William Horton Resident Cleveland, OH
Brenda Howarton Activist
Emma Jones Resident New Haven, CT
Brenda King Resident Chicago, IL
Martin Luther King III President (Former) Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Joe Madison Talk Show Host WOL-AM and WMMJ-FM
Altagracia Mayi Resident New York, NY
Kweisi Mfume President and CEO National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
George Morris Resident Chicago, IL
Meagan Ortiz Activist
Richie Perez Member National Cong. for Puerto Rican Rights
Staccatto Powell Deputy Secretary National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
Hugh B. Price President and CEO National Urban League
Antonio Reed Resident Chicago, IL
Mary Reed Resident Chicago, IL
Richard Reynolds Director Mother Jones Magazine->Communications
Antonio Rosario Resident New York, NY
Al Sharpton Jr. Founder and President National Action Network
Damu Smith Chair National Black Environmental Justice Network
Nkechi Taifa Adjunct Professor Howard University->Law
Mark Thompson Activist Umoja Party
Sammy Toinetta Member National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
Gabriel Torres Official Center for Constitutional Rights
Lucy Turull Resident New York, NY
Jabari X Um Student Ellington (Duke) School of the Arts (Washington, DC)
Damon Walters Coordinator National Action Network

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Program ID:: 122278-1
Category:: Public Affairs Event
Format:: Rally
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Apr 05, 1999 | 9:51am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:: Apr 06, 1999 | 3:58am EDT | C-SPAN 2

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Apr 05, 1999 | 9:51am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Apr 06, 1999 | 3:58am EDT | C-SPAN 2

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