Editing Louis Farrakhan (section)

===Leadership of Nation of Islam (1981–present)===
In 1981, Farrakhan and his supporters held their first Saviours' Day convention in Chicago, Illinois, and took back the name of the Nation of Islam. The event was similar to the earlier Nation's celebrations, last held in Chicago on February 26, 1975. At the convention's keynote address, Farrakhan announced his attempt to restore the Nation of Islam under Elijah Muhammad's teachings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.finalcall.com/national/savioursday2k/farrakhan.htm|title=Farrakhan continues Hon. Elijah Muhammad's mission|publisher=Finalcall.com|access-date=November 16, 2014}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=June 2024}}

On October 24, 1989, at a press conference at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C., Farrakhan described a [[Vision (religion)|vision]] which he had on September 17, 1985 in [[Tepoztlán]], Mexico. In the vision, he was carried up to "a Wheel, or what you call an [[unidentified flying object]]", as in the Bible's [[Book of Ezekiel]]. During this experience, he heard the voice of [[Elijah Muhammad]], the leader of the Nation of Islam.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Farrakhan indicated that Elijah Muhammad "spoke in short cryptic sentences and as he spoke a scroll full of cursive writing rolled down in front of my eyes, but it was a projection of what was being written in my mind. As I attempted to read the cursive writing, which was in English, the scroll disappeared and the Honorable Elijah Muhammad began to speak to me". [Elijah Muhammad said], "President Reagan has met with the Joint Chiefs of Staff to plan a war. I want you to hold a press conference in Washington, D.C., and announce their plan and say to the world that you got the information from me, Elijah Muhammad, on the Wheel".<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://www.noi.org/statements/transcript_891024.htm|title=The Nation of Islam|date=October 24, 1989|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011064314/http://www.noi.org/statements/transcript_891024.htm|archive-date=October 11, 2006}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=January 2024}}

During that same press conference, Farrakhan stated that he believed his vision had been proven: "In 1987, in ''The New York Times''{{'}} Sunday magazine and on the front page of ''The Atlanta Constitution'', the truth of my vision was verified, for the headlines of ''The Atlanta Constitution'' read, 'President Reagan Planned War Against Libya.'" Farrakhan added "In the article which followed, the exact words that the Honorable Elijah Muhammad spoke to me on the Wheel were found; that the President had met with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and planned a war against Libya in the early part of September 1985".<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

Farrakhan visited Turkey at invitation on February 18, 1996, and met with the country's leading [[Islamism|Islamist]] political figure, [[Necmettin Erbakan]], and his [[Welfare Party]]'s officials. He said that the Turkish people must decide whether it wants to have a [[Secularism in Turkey|secular]] or [[Islamic state|Islamic government]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/3201eb9156c3823f9317a535794cfb13|title=Farrakhan Says Turkey at Crossroads|date=February 19, 1996|work=AP News|access-date=December 14, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://reuters.screenocean.com/record/244314|title=TURKEY: AMERICAN BLACK LEADER LOUIS FARRAKHAN VISITS TURKEY AT INVITATION OF NECMETTIN ERBAKAN'S WELFARE PARTY|date=February 18, 1996|work=AP News|access-date=December 14, 2022}}</ref>
[[File:Louis Farrakhan 1997.jpg|thumb|upright|Farrakhan in 1997]]

====Million Man March====
In October 1995, Farrakhan convened a broad coalition of what he and his supporters claimed was one million men in Washington, D.C., for the [[Million Man March]]. The count however fell far below the hoped-for numbers. The National Park Service estimated that approximately 440,000 were in attendance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/36682/the-3-to-5-million-man-march|title=The 3 to 5 Million Man March|date=January 16, 2009}}</ref> Farrakhan threatened to sue the [[National Park Service]] because of the low estimate from the Park Police.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|last=Janofsky|first=Michael|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9400E2DA1139F932A15753C1A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1|title=Federal Parks Chief Calls 'Million Man' Count Low|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 21, 1995|access-date=September 14, 2011}}</ref>

Farrakhan and other speakers called for black men to renew their commitments to their families and communities. In Farrakhan's 2{{frac|1|2}} hours he quoted from [[Spiritual (music)|spirituals]] as well as the Old and New Testaments and termed himself a prophet sent by God to show America its evil.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wilgoren|first=Debbi|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/10/22/farrakhans-speech-masons-mysticism-more/5c9427bc-7223-499b-8caf-7e9e5a236079/|title=Farrakhan's Speech: Masons, Mysticism, More|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 22, 1995|access-date=November 30, 2018}}</ref> The event was organized by many civil rights and religious organizations and drew men and their sons from across the United States of America. Many other distinguished African Americans addressed the throng, including: [[Maya Angelou]]; [[Rosa Parks]]; [[Martin Luther King III]], [[Cornel West]], [[Jesse Jackson]] and [[Benjamin Chavis]]. In 2005, together with other prominent African Americans such as the [[New Black Panther Party]] leader [[Malik Zulu Shabazz]], the activist [[Al Sharpton]], Addis Daniel and others, Farrakhan marked the 10th anniversary of the Million Man March by holding a second gathering, the [[Millions More Movement]], October 14–17 in Washington D.C.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4960804|title=Millions More March Draws Black Activists|date=October 16, 2005|work=NPR|access-date=December 16, 2018}}</ref>