Muslim American Society (MAS) News :..

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In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

..: Muslim American Society (MAS) News :..

August 6, 2003 UPDATES:

=> 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF DR. KING'S "MARCH ON WASHINGTON"

=> SAMI AL-ARIAN CASE: "DETAINEE IN FIGHT FOR RIGHTS"

=> THE MEDIA AND MUSLIMS: A MINEFIELD

=> FALL INTERNS NEEDED IN WASHINGTON, DC AND ELSEWHERE

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40TH ANNIVERSARY OF DR. KING'S "MARCH ON WASHINGTON"

Muslim appointed as co-convener of civil rights rally

(WASHINGTON< DC) -- The Coalition of Conscious, a union of civic,

religious, and labor organizations, will commemorate the 40th

anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "March on Washington"

with a series of activities in Washington, DC on August 23, 2003,

including teach-ins and a mass rally at the Lincoln Memorial, and the

kick-off of a national voter registration drive.

The MAS Freedom Foundation has endorsed the march, and Executive

Director Mahdi Bray has been appointed as the co-convener of the march

by Martin Luther King III, president of the Southern Christian

Leadership Conference.

"We have an opportunity to reaffirm the demand for civil rights for

all people that Dr. King fought, and died for," said Bray. "As a boy

I attended the 1963 march, and a lot of things have changed since

then, but racism, ignorance, and discrimination still exist, and thus

we must continue to struggle for what is right, and against what is

wrong."

On August 28, 1963 Dr. King delivered his famous "I have a dream"

speech, calling for equality in America and demanding that the civil

rights of minorities be protected.

For more information visit www.MarchOnWashington.org.

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