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{{Quote|Death is sweeter than continued life under tyranny. ... Retaliation is a prescription from God. ... We must rise up and kill those who kill us. .. Let them feel the pain of death that we are feeling.|Louis Farrakhan, 2015}} | {{Quote|Death is sweeter than continued life under tyranny. ... Retaliation is a prescription from God. ... We must rise up and kill those who kill us. .. Let them feel the pain of death that we are feeling.|Louis Farrakhan, 2015}} | ||
'''Louis Farrakhan''' (born '''Louis Eugene Walcott''', May 11, 1933) is an American minister who is the current leader of the [[Nation of Islam]], considered to be a [[Hate Groups|hate group]] by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Previously, he served as the minister of mosques in Boston and Harlem and had been appointed National Representative of the Nation of Islam by former NOI leader [[Elijah Muhammed]]. | '''Louis Farrakhan''' (born '''Louis Eugene Walcott''', May 11, 1933) is an American minister who is the current leader of the [[Nation of Islam]], considered to be a [[Hate Groups|hate group]] by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Previously, he served as the minister of mosques in Boston and Harlem and had been appointed National Representative of the Nation of Islam by former NOI leader [[Elijah Muhammed]]. | ||
==Biography== | |||
Farrakhan was born Louis Eugene Walcott in The Bronx, New York, the younger of two sons of Sarah Mae Manning (January 16, 1900 – November 18, 1988) and Percival Clark, immigrants from the Anglo-Caribbean islands. His mother was born in Saint Kitts and Nevis, while his father was Jamaican. The couple separated before their second son was born, and Farrakhan says he never knew his biological father. | Farrakhan was born Louis Eugene Walcott in The Bronx, New York, the younger of two sons of Sarah Mae Manning (January 16, 1900 – November 18, 1988) and Percival Clark, immigrants from the Anglo-Caribbean islands. His mother was born in Saint Kitts and Nevis, while his father was Jamaican. The couple separated before their second son was born, and Farrakhan says he never knew his biological father. | ||