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These perceptions so starkly into the open. almost 30 years ago, dr. martin luther king took his last march in memphis. well today's march is about black men taking renewed responsibility for themselves, their families and their communities. >> welcome to the million man march. >> there are big goings on in the nation's capitol today, this is an enormous crowd of black american men and boys and yes, even some women. >> i remember the power of stepping out of the dc metro and seeing a sea of faces of color on the national mall. >> the million man march was called for boy lewis far con who's hea...

Character oliver stone has said was him, was his experience going into the war as a patriotic kid who wanted to do his part and really having his eyes opened to the horror, and i think it maintains that gut punch. >> i hope people go to see what the war was really like. you know, that's a statement, and once you see it, you have to think about it for yourself. think about what you think about war. think about what it really is, as opposed to the fantasy comic book stuff of "top gun." >> the attitude of the '70s had been to take out some of the scorn that the american public felt for the foreig...

For themselves, their families, and their communities. >> welcome to the million man march! >> there are big goings-on in the nation's capital today. this is an enormous crowd of black american men and boys and, yes, even some women. >> i remember the power of stepping out of the d.c. metro and seeing this sea of faces of color on the national mall. >> the million man march was called for by louis farrakhan, who is the head of the nation of islam. >> the basic reason that this was called is for atonement and reconciliation. >> he's always been a controversial figure because of his anti-semitic...

Inequality for generations for those of color. >> reporter: over the past few years growing efforts to unearth the tragedy of racial terror against black americans fighting for awareness and atonement. >> it was not a secret. we always attended the family reunions and something we always shared. >> reporter: reghan pigett says her whole life she heard what happened, the residents under siege by an angry white mob after a woman was assaulted by a black man, homes and businesses burned down, black men lynched, families torn apart. >> they killed my aunt and they killed my granddaddy. mademy gran...

On friday zwerner and the student who had the gun were involved in an altercation when the student fired one shot, hitting zwerner. police say the shooting was not an accident. richneck elementary school will now be closed both monday and tuesday in the wake of this really horrifying shooting. that's according to the school's principal. today families will gather in florida to remember a terrible racist attack. 100 years ago a community was terrorized and burned down. >> authorities say it happened after a white woman in a neighboring town claimed a black man who lived in rosewood assaulted ...