Article - National News
Article - National News: "[WASHINGTON (NNPA) – It’s a well-known fact that the dollar barely circulates in the black community. In fact on average, the dollar stays in the black community for one transaction. However, for one weekend in Washington, D.C. the dollar circulated and circulated at the Millions More Movement.
African-American vendors roamed the Washington Mall selling commemorative buttons, T-shirts, art and incense along with
African American culture and consciousness. For one vendor, his presence at the MMM is evidence of the progress of the Million Man March 10 years earlier.
Abdullah Brooks who has attended every march in Washington for the past decade was inspired by Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Million Man March to be the entrepreneur he longed to be. He started Alfa Unlimited, an art gallery specializing in “historic fine arts” and hasn’t looked back since.
Surrounded by a large crowd and laminated images of Muhammad Ali, Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King, Brooks said he took up the call to change his life and his community."
African-American vendors roamed the Washington Mall selling commemorative buttons, T-shirts, art and incense along with
African American culture and consciousness. For one vendor, his presence at the MMM is evidence of the progress of the Million Man March 10 years earlier.
Abdullah Brooks who has attended every march in Washington for the past decade was inspired by Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Million Man March to be the entrepreneur he longed to be. He started Alfa Unlimited, an art gallery specializing in “historic fine arts” and hasn’t looked back since.
Surrounded by a large crowd and laminated images of Muhammad Ali, Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King, Brooks said he took up the call to change his life and his community."
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