Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings officially opened and closed the five-day convention. In October of 1994, Minister Farrakhan led 2,000 Blacks from America to Accra, Ghana for the Nation of Islam's first International Saviours' Day. In May of that year, he traveled to Libreville, Gabon to attend the Second African-African American Summit where he addressed African heads of state and delegates from America. In 1993, Minister Farrakhan penned the book, " A Torchlight for America," which applied the guiding principles of justice and good will to the problems perplexing America. In 1991, Minister Farrakhan reintroduced the Three Year Economic Program, first established by the Honorable Elijah Muhammad to build an economic base for the development of Blacks through business ventures. In 1988, the resurgent Nation of Islam repurchased its former flagship mosque in Chicago and dedicated it as Mosque Maryam, the National Center for the Re-training and Re-education of the Black Man and Woman of America and the World. In 1985, Minister Farrakhan introduced the POWER concept. In 1979, he founded The Final Call, an internationally circulated newspaper that follows in the line of The Muhammad Speaks. He has addressed diverse organizations, been received in many Muslim countries as a leading Muslim thinker and teacher, and been welcomed throughout Africa, the Caribbean and Asia as a champion in the struggle for freedom, justice and equality. He has been welcomed in a countless number of churches, sharing pulpits with Christian ministers from a variety of denominations, which has demonstrated the power of the unity of those who believe in the One God. In rebuilding the Nation of Islam, Minister Farrakhan has renewed respect for the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, his Teachings and Program.Īt 80 years of age, Minister Farrakhan still maintains a grueling work schedule. His tremendous success is evidenced by mosques and study groups in over 120 cities in America, Europe, the Caribbean and missions in West Africa and South Africa devoted to the Teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. After approximately three years of wrestling with these changes, and a re-appraisal of the condition of Black people and the value of the Teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Minister Farrakhan decided to return to the teachings and program with a proven ability to uplift and reform Blacks. Deen Mohammed brought drastic changes to the Nation of Islam. The departure of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad in 1975 and the assumption of leadership by Imam W. 7, but Louis X, later renamed Louis Farrakhan, chose to dedicate his life to the Teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. In February 1955, while visiting Chicago for a musical engagement, he was invited to attend the Nation of Islam's Saviours' Day convention.Īlthough music had been his first love, within one month after joining the Nation of Islam in 1955, Minister Malcolm X told the New York Mosque and the new convert Louis X that Elijah Muhammad had said that all Muslims would have to get out of show business or get out of the Temple. Popularly known as "The Charmer," he achieved fame in Boston as a vocalist, calypso singer, dancer and violinist. She also exposed them to progressive material such as the Crisis magazine, published by the NAACP. Having a strong sensitivity to the plight of Black people, his mother engaged her sons in conversations about the struggle for freedom, justice and equality. Kitts, Louis and his brother Alvan learned early the value of work, responsibility and intellectual development. Minister Louis Farrakhan, born on in Bronx, N.Y., was reared in a highly disciplined and spiritual household in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Founded in 1930 by Master Fard Muhammad and led to prominence from 1934 to 1975 by the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, the Nation of Islam continues to positively impact the quality of life in America. The Nation of Islam under the leadership of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan is the catalyst for the growth and development of Islam in America. The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan: National Representative of The Honorable Elijah Muhammad and The Nation of Islam
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