Khadijah Farrakhan (born Betsy Ross) is the wife of
Louis Farrakhan
Louis Farrakhan (; born Louis Eugene Walcott; May 11, 1933) is an American religious leader who heads the Nation of Islam (NOI), a Black nationalism, black nationalist organization. Farrakhan is notable for his leadership of the 1995 Million M ...
, the Supreme Leader of the
Nation of Islam
The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a religious organization founded in the United States by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930. A centralized and hierarchical organization, the NOI is committed to black nationalism and focuses its attention on the Afr ...
. She is known as the "First Lady of the Nation of Islam".
Biography
Khadijah Farrakhan converted to Islam with her husband Louis Farrakhan (then Louis Eugene Walcott) in 1955, when they had been married for two years. She spoke at the Million Woman March in 1997.
Khadijah and Louis Farrakhan are the parents of nine children.
The Farrakhans' eldest son, Louis Farrakhan Jr., died on June 2, 2018.
References
External links
Final Call article
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Living people
People from Chicago
Family of Louis Farrakhan
Year of birth missing (living people)
Converts to Islam
American Muslim activists