Black religious leaders announce October 'Millions More Movement'

WASHINGTON (RNS) -- Dozens of black religious leaders gathered May 2 to announce plans to bring African-American men, women and children to the nation's capital for a massive Oct. 15 rally on the National Mall.

Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the "Million Man March" - which brought nearly 2 million black men to Washington in 1995, according to organizers - the "Millions More Movement" rally in October will have the theme "A Declaration for a Covenant With God."

Jesse Jackson of the Rainbow PUSH coalition, Dorothy Height of the National Council of Negro Women and other religious leaders joined Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, convener of both the "Million Man March" and the "Millions More Movement." The announcement was made at the National Press Club, in what organizers promoted as a show of African-American unity across religious and political lines.