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Hon. Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks to thousands in downtown Detroit at Huntington Place on Saviours' Day on Feb. 25, 2024, expressing sympathy for Palestinians and Jews killed in recent months.
Louis Farrakhan (/ ˈ f ɑːr ə k ɑː n /; born Louis Eugene Walcott; May 11, 1933) is an American religious leader who heads the Nation of Islam (NOI), a black nationalist organization. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Farrakhan is notable for his leadership of the 1995 Million Man March in Washington, D.C., and for his rhetoric that has been widely denounced as ...
Farrakhan held the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March: Justice or Else on October 10, 2015, in Washington, D.C. [19] [20] [21] The New York Times published an opinion piece by Charles M. Blow, who found it difficult to "separate the march from the messenger", and criticized Minister Farrakhan's speech, calling it homophobic and ...
In an opinion piece for The Washington Post, Janell Ross called Farrakhan's speech "striking", a "stemwinder", and the "apex" of the event. [4] The Washington Post also noted the higher proportion of young people and women compared to the 1995 event.
Louis Farrakhan was the main speaker and the event was sponsored by his organization, The Nation of Islam, and by Sun Myung Moon's Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (usually known as the Unification Church). It was held on October 16, 2000; the fifth anniversary of the Million Man March, which was also organized by Minister ...
Farrakhan gave a speech titled A Torchlight for America on October 18, 1992, at the Georgia Dome with 55,000 people attending. [1] In 1993, Farrakhan publish an expanded form of the speech through FCN Publishing. [2] The book is anti-prison, suggesting that rehabilitation is best achieved through Islam, in particular for Black Muslims. [3]
However, Minister Farrakhan specified that he opposed the "tone" of Muhammad's speech, while acknowledging the "truths" in it. [7] Despite this, Muhammad's remarks also resulted in not only Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) members distancing themselves from the Nation of Islam, but also CBC chairman Kweisi Mfume , (D-MD), ending his ...
Here, The Independent takes a look at the proposals which are expected to be included in the King’s Speech, at around 11.30am on Tuesday, and those which may be left out. Those set for inclusion ...