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1.Louis Farrakhan was born Louis Eugene Walcott on May 11, 1933, in the Bronx, New York.
2.Before he was born his mother Khadijah Farrakhan came to the United States and raised him on her own.
3.Farrakhan earned an scholarship Winston-Salem Teacher's College.
4.Meet a man named Elijah Muhammad in the 1930s.
5.Sometime during the 1950s and 1960s Louis Farrakhan took Malcolm X place to preach at the Nation of Islam mosque in New York City's Harlem.
6.He also joined the Nation of Islam in 1955 than and in 1978 led a breakaway group of the Nation of Islam that preserved the original teachings of Elijah Muhammad .
7.In the 1980s, Farrakhan was criticized for making anti-Semitic remarks; he denies being anti-Semitic.
8.In 1995, he led the Million Man March on Washington, D.C. with civil rights leaders Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, and other famous leaders.
1.Louis Farrakhan was born Louis Eugene Walcott on May 11, 1933, in the Bronx, New York.
2.Before he was born his mother Khadijah Farrakhan came to the United States and raised him on her own.
3.Farrakhan earned an scholarship Winston-Salem Teacher's College.
4.Meet a man named Elijah Muhammad in the 1930s.
5.Sometime during the 1950s and 1960s Louis Farrakhan took Malcolm X place to preach at the Nation of Islam mosque in New York City's Harlem.
6.He also joined the Nation of Islam in 1955 than and in 1978 led a breakaway group of the Nation of Islam that preserved the original teachings of Elijah Muhammad .
7.In the 1980s, Farrakhan was criticized for making anti-Semitic remarks; he denies being anti-Semitic.
8.In 1995, he led the Million Man March on Washington, D.C. with civil rights leaders Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, and other famous leaders.