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MARK HERRELL (her-ell) is a local organizer for the Philadelphia contingent headed to Monday's Million Man March in Washington D.C. Last year, Herrel chaired a three-day forum in Philadelphia that brought together several hundred African-American men together to discuss problems in the black community. He is the Director of the Youth Gang and Drug Prevention Program for the Philadelphia Mayor's office. INT 3: GLENN LOURY (lau as in cow) is an African-American conservative who is an outspoken critic of affirmative action programs. He has just written the book One by One From The Inside Out: Essays and Reviews on Race and Responsibility in America. Free Press 1995. In 1987, Loury was nominated to become Reagan's Deputy Secretary of Education. Loury withdrew his name citing "personal reasons." Later that year, Loury was arrested for possession of marijuana and cocaine. He now a Professor of Economics at Boston University. INT 4: GEOFFREY CANADA is author of Fist Stick Knife Gun; A Personal History of Violence in America (Beacon Press 1995) It provides a look into the lives of children living in violence. CANADA is President and CEO of Rheedlan Centers for Children and Families in New York. He helps at risk children in the inner-city to find alternatives to violence.

SUSAN SPEAKS WITH SEVERN (SEH-vern) SUZUKI (soo-ZOO-kee), A TEENAGE ENVIRONMENTALIST FROM CANADA, WHO GAVE A MOVING SPEECH TO MEMBERS OF THE RIO SUMMIT IN 1992 AND WROTE A BOOK ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE. SHE'S A MEMBER OF ECO, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHILDREN'S ORGANIZATION.

SCOTT SIMON AND SIMON HOGGART OF LONDON'S GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

SIMON/RAPOPORT: SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT THE START OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE SEASON THIS WEEKEND.

Charles Boyd is a lone juror who held out against convicting a defendant in a Maryland court recently, and he did so because of some lessons he learned from the OJ Simpson case. Danny talks to Boyd about his courtroom experience.

Daniel speaks with NPR's Lynn Neary about the Pope's visit to the United States this week. During his trip, which included appearances in New Jersey, New York, and Baltimore, the Pope appealed to Americans to be sensitive to the needs of the poor and sickly, and to young people to devote their lives to the church by becoming priests and nuns.

2: Former Soviet Ambassador to the United States ANATOLY DOBRYIN (doe-BRINN-yen). Dobryin has written his autobiography In Confidence: Moscow's Ambassador to America's Six Cold War Presidents published by Times Books 1995. Dobryin was Ambassador from 1962 (Kennedy) through 1986 (Reagan). He was a key diplomat in many U.S./Soviet conflicts including The Cuban Missile Crisis. Dobryin, now 76 years old, is still active in Russian diplomacy as senior advisor to the Foreign Ministry. He lives in Moscow.

Daniel talks with the authors of "Modus Operandi: A Writer's Guide to How Criminals Work." Mauro Corvasce and Joseph Paglino are police detectives in New Jersey. They say many of the criminal acts portrayed on TV and in novels are inaccurate or incomplete.

Rock Critic, KEN TUCKER reviews Michael Jackson''s new album "History" (Epic).

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