Nation of Islam's leader Minister Louis Farrakhan in October 2000 in Washington DC.
Nation of Islam's leader Minister Louis Farrakhan in October 2000 in Washington DC. (Getty Images)

The Charmer

March 02, 2007

News headlines of Louis Farrakhan’s farewell speech last Sunday described a man who preaches peace and calls for religious amity. But the outgoing leader of the Nation of Islam – a onetime calypso singer turned Black Nationalist – wasn’t always treated so gently in the media.

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