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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 40. Chapters: Louis Farrakhan, Harry Belafonte, Attila the Hun, Lionel Belasco, Wilmoth Houdini, Cy Grant, Sir Lancelot, Mighty Sparrow, Roaring Lion, Mighty Gabby, Lord Melody, Sir Galba, Lord Kitchener, Mighty Terror, The Talbot Brothers of Bermuda, Calypsonian, Lance Percival, The Duke of Iron, Lord Mouse and the Kalypso Katz, Lord Creator, Blake Alphonso Higgs, Lazo, The Merrymen, David Rudder, Lord Tanamo, Mighty Shadow, Gypsy, Ras Shorty I, Eric Gibson, List of calypso musicians, Superblue, Black Stalin, Lord Invader, Denyse Plummer, Calypso Rose, Chalkdust, Red Plastic Bag, Lord Intruder, Lord Beginner, Konris Maynard, King Radio, Growling Tiger, The Mighty Duke, Ajamu, Justin Cassell, Crazy, Sugar Aloes, Grynner, Gerald Rhaburn, Mighty Spoiler, Mighty Panther, The Wizzard, Lord Radio & the Bimshire Boys, Mighty Bomber, Derick St. Rose-De Hunter, Growler. Excerpt: Minister Louis Farrakhan Muhammad, Sr. (born Louis Eugene Walcott; May 11, 1933) is the leader of the Chicago-based Nation of Islam (NOI). He served as the minister of major mosques in Boston and Harlem, and was appointed by the longtime NOI leader, Elijah Muhammad, before his death in 1975, as the National Representative of the Nation of Islam. After Warith Deen Muhammad disbanded the NOI and started the orthodox Islamic group American Society of Muslims, Farrakhan started rebuilding the NOI. In 1981 he revived the name Nation of Islam for his organization, previously known as Final Call, regaining many of the Nation of Islam's National properties including the NOI National Headquarters Mosque Maryam, reopening over 130 NOI mosques in America and the world. Farrakhan is also conspiracy theorist and public speaker who has been widely met with criticism, most notably for his anti-Semitic views and race hate aimed at caucasians. In October 1995, he organized and led the Million Man March in Washington, D.C., calling on black men to renew their commitments to their families and communities. Due to health issues, in 2007, Farrakhan reduced his responsibilities with the NOI. He was born Louis Eugene Walcott (also spelled Wolcott) in 1933 in The Bronx, New York, the younger of two sons of Sarah Mae Manning (16 January 1900 18 November 1988) and Percival Clark, immigrants from the Caribbean islands. His mother was born in Saint Kitts and Nevis. His father was a Jamaican native and worked as a taxicab driver. After Louis' father died in 1936, the Walcott family moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where they settled in the West Indian neighborhood of the Roxbury area. Starting at the age of six, Walcott received rigorous training in the violin. He received his first violin at the age of six, and by time he turned thirteen years old, he had played with the Boston College Orchestra, and the Boston Civic Symphony. A year later, he went on to win national competitions. In 1946, he