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Article: Farrakhan's Boston roots Early days in black community here, friends say, helped shape leader
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 27, 1994
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 1994 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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To some Bostonians who grew up with Louis Eugene Walcott, it was
no surprise that the son of an old-fashioned immigrant from Barbados
rose to lead an organization shaped by a tide of black nationalism.
As a young boy, he carried the cross at St. Cyprian's Church. As
an adolescent he outpaced runners on the track for English High
School. As a musician he took the name Prince Charmer and captivated
Boston audiences with his voice and violin.
But it was perhaps a mix of political discourse and the austere
work ethic in Boston's then tiny black community, friends said, that
helped transform Walcott into Minister Louis Farrakhan, head of the
Nation of Islam.
Early influences helped ...
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