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Farrakhan, Louis
Farrakhan, Louis
Farrakhan, Louis fâr´əkăn˝, fär´əkän˝ [key], 1933–, African-American religious leader, b. New York City, as Louis Eugene Walcott. A former calypso singer known as The Charmer, he joined the Nation of Islam ( Black Muslims ) in 1955, eventually becoming minister of the Harlem Temple after Malcolm X broke with
