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(AP) - In a rare public appear­
ance. Nation of Islam Minister Louis
Farrakhan urged black Americans
to separate from mainstream cul­
ture to establish and support their
own community.
Nearly eight months after deliv­
ering what was thought to be his
farewell speech, a smiling Farrakhan
strode onstage at the Atlanta Civic
CenterOct. 16 to an applauding and
cheering audience of nearly 5,(XX).
He warned the crowd not to be
distracted by the successes of re­
cent decades.
"We have to come out of the
thinking of a slave and come into
the thinking and acting of free men
and women," Farrakhan said. "We
cannot depend on others for what
the horrible condition of our people
demands now that we do for our-
selves."
Farrakhan, 74, ceded
leadership duties last year
because o f illness after
nearly three decades. He
had surgery for prostate
cancer in January.
The address was the ^-ou's
keynote speech for Farrakhan s
Holy Day of Atonement, which also
commemorated the 12th anniver­
sary of the Million Man March,
held Oct. 16, 1995 in Washington,
D.C.
Farrakhan cut a healthy-looking
figure in a gray and gold pinstriped
suit, a wide smile flashing often
under the trademark side-part in his
wavy, black hair and thin-rimmed
glasses.
The fiery orator spoke for nearly
2 1/2 hours, touching on issues
in clu d in g the
d is p a ritie s
blacks face in
areas such as
e d u c a tio n ,
healthcare, vot­
ing and incar­
c e ra tio n , the
Jena Six case in
Louisiana, and
the recent arrest
of Atlanta rap­
Farrakhan
per T.I. on fed­
eral weapons charges, the war in
Iraq and the Michael Vick federal
dogfighting case.
He criticized both the black
middle and upperclasses and white
America, and said that separation
from a world of materialism and
individualism was the only way the
entire black com m unity could
progress.
In addition to racial disparities,
violence committed against blacks
at the hands of other blacks is also
a threat — and one that did not exist
during the struggle for civil rights,
Farrakhan said.
"I want to talk to my gang-bang­
ing family," he said. "You make it
very difficult for me. In the '60s we
knew who the enemy was. But in
2007 you are the enemy. How can I
do what is right by you while I
watch you do wrong by one an­
other?”
High-profileexamplesof success
like Oprah Winfrey, Sen. Barack
O bam a, C o lin P ow ell and
Condoleezza Rice give blacks a false
impression of success, Farrakhan
said.
As a result, middle class black
America has gotten too comfort­
able with the trappings of the Ameri­
can dream, he told the approving
audience.
The success of a few is negated
by the continued poverty o f mil­
lio n s o f b la c k s in A m e ric a ,
Farrakhan said, adding that now is
the time to stop the cycle of poverty
and violence.
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