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
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.
Education today is not what it was, and they're asking you to pay for this, ... Now, college professors, please don't be angry with me, because it's true that education cultivates the human being within and education brings it out to the glory of God.
I think we need a regime change in the United States of America.
is asking us to organize beyond political boundaries, religious differences, cultural differences.
It doesn't matter how long I live, I want everything to be all right for our people,
Stan was a sincere and committed and redeemed soul. He became Stan the man, Stan the redeemed man. . . . He will be greater in death than he ever was in life.
When the government wants something, they have to justify what they want by doing something -- whether it injures a hundred, whether it injures a thousand, whether it injures millions,
We're tired of begging others to do for us what we have the capacity to pool our resources - intellectually and financially - to do for ourselves. We will make demands from our government, but we know those demands will fall on deaf ears unless and until we are mobilized, sensitized and extremely organized.
This time we intend to create a movement,
This time, the day after the march is when the real work begins,
Because as a youngster I longed to see the Black man free and I longed to see anyone stand up for us.
I hope that five years and ten years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.
I am not the same man I was 35 years ago. And I hope that five years and ten years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.
We have worked very hard, and now we will wait and see what God will bring. I hope he will bring a great crowd.