page_title: Louis Farrakhan
hierarchical_section_title: Louis Farrakhan
caption_attribution_description: English: Louis Farrakhan
context_page_description: Louis Farrakhan Sr., formerly known as Louis X, is an American black supremacist, black nationalist, religious leader and political activist. He is the leader of the Nation of Islam, an organization which the Southern Poverty Law Center describes as black nationalist and a hate group. Previously, he served as the minister of mosques in Boston and Harlem and had been appointed National Representative of the Nation of Islam by former NOI leader Elijah Muhammad.
  Farrakhan has been described as antisemitic by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Anti-Defamation League, and other monitoring organizations. Also according to the SPLC, the NOI promotes a "fundamentally anti-white theology" amounting to an "innate black superiority over whites". Some of his remarks have been considered homophobic. Farrakhan has disputed such characterizations on many occasions.
  After Warith Deen Mohammed reorganized the original NOI into the orthodox Sunni Islamic group American Society of Muslims, Farrakhan began to rebuild the NOI as "Final Call". In 1981, he officially adopted the name "Nation of Islam", reviving the group and establishing its headquarters at Mosque Maryam.
context_section_description: Louis Farrakhan Sr. (/ˈfɑːrəkɑːn/; born Louis Eugene Walcott; May 11, 1933), formerly known as Louis X, is an American black supremacist, black nationalist, religious leader and political activist. He is the leader of the Nation of Islam (NOI), an organization which the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) describes as black nationalist and a hate group. Previously, he served as the minister of mosques in Boston and Harlem and had been appointed National Representative of the Nation of Islam by former NOI leader Elijah Muhammad.
  Farrakhan has been described as antisemitic by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Anti-Defamation League (ADL), and other monitoring organizations. Also according to the SPLC, the NOI promotes a "fundamentally anti-white theology" amounting to an "innate black superiority over whites". Some of his remarks have been considered homophobic. Farrakhan has disputed such characterizations on many occasions.
  After Warith Deen Mohammed reorganized the original NOI into the orthodox Sunni Islamic group American Society of Muslims, Farrakhan began to rebuild the NOI as "Final Call". In 1981, he officially adopted the name "Nation of Islam", reviving the group and establishing its headquarters at Mosque Maryam.
  In October 1995, he organized and led the Million Man March in Washington, D.C. Due to health issues, he reduced his responsibilities with the NOI in 2007. However, Farrakhan has continued to deliver sermons and speak at NOI events.  In 2015, he led the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March: Justice or Else.
caption: Farrakhan in November 2018
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