The military did not reach Arriving the city until the second day of rioting , by which time the mobs had ransacked Robbery or destroyed Destroying numerous public buildings , two Protestant churches , the homes of various abolitionists or sympathizers , many black homes , and the Colored Orphan Asylum at 44th Street and Fifth Avenue , which was burned Bodily_harm to the ground .

The National African American Leadership Summit , a leading group of civil rights activists and the Nation of Islam working with scores of civil rights organizations , including many local chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( but not the national NAACP ) formed Coming_to_be the Million Man March Organizing Committee .