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I am not the leader I am a representative of the leader. The leader is the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, whom we believe is very much alive, and is directing me from where he is.

Louis Farrakhan

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Louis Farrakhan
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: May 11
American Political Leader
Anti-Vaccine Activist
Civil Rights Advocate
Journalist
Muslim Minister
Politician
Religious
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Violinist
The Bronx
New York City
Louis Farrakhan Muhammad
Sr.
Louis Eugene Wolcott
Louis X
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History is our guide, and without a knowledge of history, we are lost!
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