Louis Farrakhan trivia: 60 amazing facts about the leader of NOI!

Louis Farrakhan is an American black nationlist and leader of the religious group Nation of Islam (NOI)! He is also a minister.

So, how about finding out some trivias and facts about him?

1. His full name is Louis Farrakhan Sr.
2. His birth name is Louis Eugene Walcott
3. He was born on May 11, 1933
4. He is formerly known as Louis X
5. He is an American black nationalist
6. And minister
7. Who is the leader of the religious group Nation of Islam (NOI)
8. Previously, he served as the minister of mosques in Boston
9. And Harlem
10. And had been appointed National Representative of the Nation of Islam by former NOI leader Elijah Muhammad
11. After Warith Deen Muhammad disbanded the NOI and started the orthodox Islamic group American Society of Muslims, Farrakhan started rebuilding the NOI
12. In 1981 he renamed his organization from Final Call to the Nation of Islam
13. Reviving the group and establishing its headquarters at Mosque Maryam
14. Farrakhan has been described as antisemitic by the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Anti-Defamation League and others
15. The NOI promotes an anti-white theology
16. Some of his remarks have also been considered homophobic
17. Farrakhan has disputed these characterizations
18. In October 1995, he organized and led the Million Man March in Washington, D.C.
19. Due to health issues, he reduced his responsibilities with the NOI in 2007
20. However, Farrakhan has continued to deliver sermons
21. And speak at NOI events
22. In 2015, he led the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March: Justice or Else
23. Farrakhan was born Louis Eugene Walcott in The Bronx, New York
24. The younger of two sons of Sarah Mae Manning and Percival Clark
25. Immigrants from the Caribbean islands
26. His mother was born in Saint Kitts and Nevis
27. His father was Jamaican
28. The couple split before Louis was born
29. Farrakhan says he never knew his biological father
30. In a 1996 interview with Henry Louis Gates Jr., he speculated that his father, “Gene”, may have been Jewish
31. After his parents separated, his mother moved in with Louis Walcott from Barbados
32. He became his stepfather
33. After Louis’ stepfather died in 1936, the Walcott family moved to Boston, Massachusetts
34. There they settled in the West Indian neighborhood of Roxbury
35. Starting at the age of six, Walcott received training in the violin
36. He received his first violin at the age of six
37. And by the time he was 13 years old he had played with the Boston College Orchestra and the Boston Civic Symphony
38. A year later, he went on to win national competitions
39. In 1946, he was one of the first black performers to appear on the Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour
40. There he also won an award
41. He and his family were active members of the Episcopal St. Cyprian’s Church in Roxbury
42. Walcott attended the Boston Latin School
43. And later the English High School
44. From which he graduated
45. He completed three years at Winston-Salem Teachers College
46. There he had a track scholarship
47. Walcott married Betsy Ross while he was in college
48. In 1955, both of them joined the Nation of Islam
49. Later, she took the name Khadijah Farrakhan
50. She lived in Boston
51. Due to complications from the pregnancy, Walcott dropped out after completing his junior year of college
52. To devote time to her and their child
53. The couple are still married
54. Farrakhan has nine children
55. Four sons: Mustapha, Joshua Nasir, Abnar, and Louis Jr.
56. And five daughters: Donna, Hanan, Maria, Fatimah, and Khallada
57. Farrakhan has been the center of much controversy
58. With critics saying that his political views and comments are antisemitic or racist
59. Farrakhan has categorically denied these charges
60. And stated that much of America’s perception of him has been shaped by media