Louis Farrakhan
Louis Farrakhan
Louis Farrakhan, Sr.is the leader of the religious group Nation of Islam. He served as the minister of major mosques in Boston and Harlem, and was appointed by the longtime NOI leader, Elijah Muhammad, as the National Representative of the Nation of Islam. After Warith Deen Muhammad disbanded the NOI and started the orthodox Islamic group American Society of Muslims, Farrakhan started rebuilding the NOI. In 1981 he revived the name Nation of Islam for his organization, previously known as...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 May 1933
CityBronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Turn to your brother and hug your brother and tell your brother you love him, ... Let's carry this love all the way back to our cities and towns and never let it die, brothers. Never let it die.
This atmosphere was manipulated, and unfortunately it caused the death of brother Malcolm. So in that sense, I have been saying all along that my words helped to create this atmosphere, and so did the words of Minister Malcolm.
A brother who recognizes that we have shortcomings, we, in the struggle, have faults, and that he wanted to reconcile differences.
Not that I regret saying what I believed to be the truth, but I regret anything that I might have written or spoken that could have been used in a way to help to foster that atmosphere out of which came the loss of life of Brother Malcolm.
I know something of the good of Moammar Gadhafi that made me to love him as a brother and to feel a great sense of loss at his assassination, He died in honor, fighting for the Libya that he believed in.
But if I thought on it, I would like to be remembered as a brother who loved his people and did everything that I knew to fight for them, the liberation of our people.
You must recognize that the way to get the good out of your brother and your sister is not to return evil for evil.
criminal neglect of the people of New Orleans.
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) is too white to represent us and so is the Red Cross, so we're going to demand our place at the table,
Black people all over America and all over the world, there is something wrong with the way we have been trained in a white supremacist, racist environment.
You are absolutely correct. The Millions More Movement is for all of us. . . . Please be assured that any member of our community that has gifts, skills, and talents to plan for the redemption of our people will be welcomed at the table.
We have to organize our people into an effective power base for change,
I would hope that forgiveness would come to us for any remarks we made, and forgiveness would come to him and to all of us who, in our zeal, took different positions on a very controversial subject.
It doesn't matter how long I live, I want everything to be all right for our people,