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Malcolm X was determined to sunder blacks’ alliance with Jews, whom he characterized as “hypocrites” and “Pharisees,” and to forge instead a strong bond between blacks and Arabs.
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Louis Farrakhan Fast Facts
Personal
Birth place: The Bronx, New York
Birth name: Louis Eugene Walcott
Father: Percival Clark
Marriage: Khadijah Farrakhan, formerly Betsy (Ross) Walcott, (September 12, 1953-present)
Children: Mustapha, Joshua Nasir, Abnar, Louis Junior, Donna, Hanan, Maria, Fatimah and Khallada
Education: Attended Winston-Salem Teachers College, 1951-1953
Other Facts
Farrakhan was named for Louis Walcott, the man his mother became involved with after his biological father, Percival Clark, deserted them.
The Walcott family moved from the Bronx to the Roxbury neighborhood in Boston during the mid-1930s.
He won a track scholarship to college in North Carolina.
Farrakhan is an accomplished classical violinist who began playing at the age of 5. He is also a singer, songwriter, playwright and film producer. Farrakhan wrote two plays, “The Trial” and “Orgena.” (“A Negro” spelled backward).
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