Louis Farrakhan joined in the Nation of Islam 1955, replacing his surname with an βX,β and became the protΓ©gΓ© of Malcolm X. He rose to prominence and eventually became the leader of his own iteration of the Nation of Islam in 1978 after Elijah Muhammad did not name him his successor.
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