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Transcript: Profile Of Louis Farrakhan - Part 1
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- NPR Morning Edition
- Article date:
- May 28, 1996
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The early life of Louis Farrakhan, who grew up as Louis Eugene Walcott,
was heavily influenced by his loving but demanding mother and his
poor but safe neighborhood of Roxbury, Boston, in the late 1940s.
BOB EDWARDS, Host: This is Morning Edition. I'm Bob Edwards.
Over the last decade, Louis Farrakhan has emerged as one of the
most visible and formidable black political leaders in America. His
support, especially among young blacks, continues to grow despite
the controversies caused by his comments on race, Jews, economics,
and the roles of men and women. Farrakhan, head of the Nation of
Islam, is one of the more perplexing and, according to his ...