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Features the October 16, 2000 Million Family March, a Holy Day for Blacks mobilized by Minister Louis Farrakhan in Washington, D.C. Objectives of the celebration; Significance of the march for the US presidential elections; List of activities preceding the march; Agenda of the Holy Day.

Focuses on Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan's return to the battlefield of social justice in the United States. Struggle with prostate cancer; Decision to hold a press conference for his Million Family March in Washington, D.C.; Grassroots strategy to increase public awareness on the local, state, regional and national levels.

Focuses on the impact of the crusade by the Amsterdam News to help bring joy to the family of Washington, D.C. sextuplets. Donation of the Freddie Mac Foundation for the family; Contact information; Details about the support given to the sextuplets in Iowa conceived using fertility drugs.

Reports the government and private treatment extended to Jacqueline Thompson and her family after giving birth to the first set of black sextuplet in Washington, D.C. on May 1997. Comparison with the treatment extended to the Iowa sextuplet; Organizations who extended help to the Thompson family.

This article reports that thousands of people are expected to gather next week at the Lincoln Monument in Washington, DC to rally support for guaranteed health insurance. The Million Worker March is an organized union initiative, modeled after Louis Farrakhan's Million Man March, which took place in 1995. A number of major regional labor powerhouses such as the Health and Hospital Workers Local 1199 and District Council 37 have signed on to the event and have committed to send busloads of workers to the event.

A giant civil rights inarch on Washington to highlight the unfulfilled promise of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling of Brown vs the Board of Education has been scheduled for May 15. Organized by the Coalition to Defend Affirmation Action By Any Means Necessary, the march will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Brown. A two-day conference held on the campus of Howard University will follow the inarch to discuss the new civil rights movement and to plan strategy for the coming years. This march demand an end to separate and unequal education in America and stem the right wing attacks on affirmative action, civil rights and immigrant rights.

Janice Rodgers-Brown, U.S. President George W. Bush's nominee to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington D.C., is bad news as far as the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is concerned. The group has said in no uncertain terms that it is vehemently opposed to the nomination and would fight tooth and nail to see that it is defeated during confirmation hearings. Representative Charles B. Rangel said that judicial philosophy cannot be based on skin color. Meanwhile, CBC on Tuesday issued the following statement regarding the nominee. Brown is the first African-American woman nominated by President Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which is the same court that groomed Justice Clarence Thomas for the U.S. Supreme Court. The nation's leading civil rights organization, the NAACP, is also opposed to Brown's nomination and is mounting a letter writing campaign urging members of the Judiciary Committee to vote against the White House choice.

Focuses on the publication of the booklet 'Free and Low-Cost Prescription Drugs,' by the Cost Containment Research Institute in Washington, D.C.

Reports the establishment of the Leon Sullivan Foundation in Washington D.C. Role of the foundation on the fund development and government advocacy activities of the non-profit Sullivan organizations; Schedule of the annual Sullivan summit.

Reports that Senator Rodham Clinton is leading the campaign in the United States Congress to create a National Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington D.C to house a collection of artifacts showcasing the African-American history and culture. Creation of a special commission to determine how the project would be developed; Comments of Clinton on why she introduced a bill for the historic museum.

Reports on the annual legislative conference of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) in Washington D.C. CBC Foundation's sponsorship of the event; National town hall meeting; Theme; Attendance.

Reports that United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) headquarters in Washington D.C. has been formally renamed to honor Robert C. Weaver, the first HUD secretary. Designation of Weaver as the first Afro-American member of a president's cabinet; Sponsors of the legislation for renaming the headquarters.

Reports on the presence of defense attorney Johnnie Cochran in Washington, D.C. in June, 2000, to discuss a class action suit against Lockheed Martin Corp. with the Congressional Black Caucus. Racial bias and sexual harassment suit by Lockheed employees; Source of Lockheed's budget; Demands of discriminated employees.

Presents information on `The Billion Byte March,' the first E-mail march on Washington D.C. in 1998 to save and reform the United States's Social Security system. Comments by George N. Stamas an official of Economic Security 2000, the group organizing the march; Use of the Internet to send a message to Congress and the White House to save Social Security; Details on the process which will be followed for the E-mail march; History of the Social Security program.

Focuses on the memorial service held for the two police officers who were shot to death in the Capitol Building. Honors awarded to the officers; Information on each officer; Comments from Congressman Charles B. Rangel; Details on the shooting incident.

Reports on a $3.5 million joint research effort between Howard University and the National Institute of Health, to expand research on the genetic basis of diseases which affect African-Americans and other minorities in the United States (U.S.). Comments form spokeswomen Sharon Durham, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Information on the White House initiative; Percentage of Black men who have prostate cancer.

Reports on the rally staged by Haitians-Americans in Washington D.C. demanding fairness in residency benefits. Benefits sought by the protesters; Efforts of United States President Bill Clinton to help Haitians.

Presents information on the nation's first black sextuplets born in May, 1997 to a Washington D. C. couple. Identification of the United States First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton greeting the mother and her babies; Details on the National Political Congress of Black Women Incorporated (NPCBW) adopting the family; Comments from Doctor c. Delores Tucker, who chairs the NPCBW.

States that the names of 27 African-American police officers killed in the line of duty in 1995 will be added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial at a candlelight vigil in Washington, D.C. Date of the event; Number of persons expected to attend the event; Addition of 92 discovered deaths from as far as the year 1872; Information on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial; Number of officers slained or injured in 1996.