On May 11, 1933, Louis Eugene Walcott Was Born In The Bronx, New York. He Would Later Be Known To The World As Minister Louis Farrakhan.
Farrakhan Was Reared In Roxbury, Massachusetts. As A Child He Received Violin Training And Became Very Adept At Playing The Instrument. He Won National Competitions And Was One Of The First African Americans To Appear On The Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour.
During The 1950's Farrakhan Was A Budding Calypso Singer, Recording Albums Under The Name, "The Charmer."It Was Also During This Time That He Was Introduced To The Teachings Of The Nation Of Islam (NOI).He Was Converted To Islam By Malcolm X And Joined The NOI In 1955. After Malcolm Broke With The The Nation Of Islam, Farrakhan Became Minister Of The Harlem Temple, And Eventually, The National Representative For Elijah Muhammad.
Dissatisfied With The Change Of Direction And Philosophy Of The NOI Following The Death Of Elijah Muhammad, Farrakhan Split From The Nation Of Islam. In 1977 He To Formed A New Movement, Final Call To The Nation Of Islam.
The New Organization's Tenants More Closely Resembled Those Established By Elijah Muhammad During His Reign As Leader Of The Black Muslims. Farrakhan Continued To Be Critical Of America's Treatment Of Black People And Continued The Preach For Black Economic Power And Self-Determination.
In 1995, He, Along With Other Black Leaders Such As Al Sharpton And Barack Obama, Helped Lead The Million Man March, An Event That Brought Together Black Men For Spiritual Revitalization, Washington, DC.
Despite Being Denounced By Some As "Anti--White" And "Anti-Semitic," Minister Louis Farrakhan Continues To A Powerful Voice For Many Black Americans, In And Outside The Black Muslim Movement.
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I Agree 100% Irma!!
Wednesday, May 12th 2010 at 12:26AM
Hugh Gaddy
one this hugh,
I have to refer to Our Father Elijah Muhammad, farrkhanMadoff is FOOLISHNESS.....
He is antiIslaam, antiElijahMuhammad and antiAmerican.
Thursday, May 13th 2010 at 9:12AM
robert powell
WILL OF THE HONORABLE ELIJAH MUHAMMAD: Terris A. Muhammad reports in his book, FROM PLANTATION TO MUSLIM, A UNIQUE TRANSFORMATION, that in October 1933 Sister Clara Muhammad whispered in the ear of her newborn baby Wallace D. Muhammad, "You were born to follow your father and succeed him; you are blessed by Allah to seek and are chosen" (page 119), and that was the desire of both the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and his mentor W. Fard Muhammad.
It appears that at some point in his life Elijah Muhammad desired to become a true Muslim and he wanted the same transformation for his followers. For example, he published a book called THE MUSLIM DAILY PRAYERS in which he taught cleaning procedures for the preparation for the five daily prayers. He knew the limitations of his knowledge of Islam and he indirectly or directly approved his son, Wallace D. Muhammad’s endeavors to learn Islam from the Qur'an and Hadith and to be in the company of Muslims from the East. In effect, in the words of Terris Muhammad, he "was gradually conditioning his followers to accept Minister Wallace" (op cit page 201). In his last major address on February 26, 1974 in the presence of learned Muslims from Muslim countries Hon. Elijah Muhammad told his followers, "I'm a Muslim ... I have visited the Muslim world. I have made pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina - and I have seen and I have heard. These people don't believe in foolishness; so I am trying to clothe you not only with the garments of salvation but clothe you with the principles of our religion. These men are not here to look at you just trying to be Muslims - they are here wanting to know whether or not that you are a Muslim at heart" (Terris Muhammad, op cit page 213). "He (Elijah Muhammad) could see from the development of Minister Wallace and Minister Malcolm that his program had been successful, and he had taken as far as he could and wanted to take us. His goal was to make us complete human beings, and complete Muslims following in the path of Prophet Muhammad of 1400 years ago" reports Terris Muhammad (op cit page 180).
FBI AND THE NATION OF ISLAM: The U.S government never liked the Nation of Islam and made numerous attempts to dissolve it or break it up into several small factions by implanting infiltrators in the organization for the purpose of sowing disunity and discord. On spurious charges Elijah Muhammad was arrested and imprisoned in 1934 and again in 1942 to 1946 along with many of his followers. FBI agents were always around the homes of “Muslims” and temples of the Nation of Islam, harassing their women under one pretext or the other. At some later time FBI infiltrators reached high places in the organization of the Nation of Islam. Terris Muhammad reports, "In the written files of the FBI obtained through the Freedom of Information Act there are specific names of FBI informants and undercover agents that became top officials in the Nation of Islam. Some of the names were illegally wiped from the file documents before they were released to cover-up the plot of the FBI in their scheme to destroy a legitimate religious group within the borders of the United States... In the FBI file documents it is plainly stated in no uncertain terms that the FBI plot to destroy the Nation of Islam was to take away its financial assets through the probate courts after the Hon. Elijah Muhammad passed, and to cause the Nation of Islam to split into factions and splinter groups" (op cit page 343). The questions remains, was the FBI successful? And who were these informants and infiltrators? One has to look at the direct or indirect beneficiaries of the court proceedings. Minister Louis Farrakhan lives in the marble palace where Elijah Muhammad lived, and Minister Louis Farrakhan occupies Temple No. 2 on South Stony Island in Chicago, which Elijah Muhammad had purchased for 4.2 million dollars and Imam Warith Deen Muhammad had converted into a mosque. Now, the same mosque on South Stony Island is a temple of paganism under Louis Farrakhan. In November 1986, Mr. Louis Farrakhan told the author of this article that he maintains very good relationship with FBI and FBI does not bother him. Evidently, Louis Farrakhan has good relationship with CIA and the State Department as he can easily travel to those countries which are forbidden to travel for other American citizens. This is apparently a symbiotic relationship between Louis Farrakhan and the government of the United States, the "hated" white establishment.
Robert, I respectfully acknowledge your opinion of Minister Farrakhan. The one thing I think we can all agree on is when it comes people's feelings about him, there;s generally NO GREY AREA!!
Thursday, May 13th 2010 at 10:27AM
Hugh Gaddy
Irma I also believe that any person of color would be proud to be encouraged by his speeches.
Saturday, May 15th 2010 at 6:42PM
Helen Lofton
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ANY PERSON "OF COLOR" COULD WATCH HIM (in person) PREACH, SPEAK AND BE RIGHT WITHIN THE SOUND OF THIS GREAT MAN'S VOICE AND BE ABLE TO LEAVE NOT BEING 'BLACK AND PROUD"!!!
(S-M-I-L-E)
THANKS GADDY...
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
Gaddy "I" agree with you 100% (smile)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
