LOUIS FARRAKHAN REDUX
Born Louis Eugene Walcott on May 11, 1933 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, Farrakhan was raised in the Boston area by his mother who worked as a seamstress and a housekeeper. Louis Walcott was raised in a highly spiritual and disciplined household. ... Louis Walcott was born with innate musical talent that by the age of 13 he had already played with the Boston College Orchestra and the Boston Civic Symphony as a violinist. ... Louis Walcott was discovered in 1955 by Malcolm X and later that year decided to join the Nation of Islam and changed his name to Louis X. After moving to Boston at the request of Malcolm X, Louis X proved himself a capable, disciplined, and a well-mannered soldier and eventually rose to the rank of Minister. ... He later decided to change his name to Abdul Haleem Farrakhan and then Louis Farrakhan. ... After the death of Malcolm X, Farrakhan became the head of a large mosque in Harlem, a neighborhood in New York City, and was the principal spokesperson for Muhammad.