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File consists of programme and Bernie Grant’s handwritten notes re “Parliamentarians for Global Action (International Meeting of Foreign Aid Committees of Donor Countries at United States Congress)”; an original issue of “The Washington New Observer” with front page special re “A Million Black Men March on Washington”, the largest civil rights demonstration in the history of the United States. Also includes copy of speech delivered by Jesse Jackson entitled ‘Remarks Before One Million Men’. Refers to Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam, Rainbow Coalition, Debt Crisis Network, privatisation, partnerships between donor countries.

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