LOUIS FARRAKHAN "LET US UNITE" LP NEW SEALED JAZZ SOUL FUNK RECORD ALBUM 33 RPM

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LOUIS FARRAKHAN
Let Us Unite
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• Original 1984 A.V.C. Records release
• Catalog number 10903
• Producer – Louis Small / O.B.A. Publishig
• Publisher FIC Records, Inc
• New sealed ablum with moderate corner wear on 3 corners
  light corner wear on bottom right

Side A:
(1) LET US UNITE (5:28)
(2) LET US UNITE (3:48)

Side B:
(1) BENEFIT OF UNITY (6:47)
(2) BENEFIT OF UNITY (4:49)

Musicians:

• Louis Small – Keybornds
• Gus Flacon – Guitar
• Joe Henderson – tenor sax
• Alex Blake - Bass
• Ivan Hamden - Drums Background Vocals
  • Joshlyn Brown
  • Alyasha Anderson
  • Connie Harvey
  • Mitch Braitwaite
  Minister Louis Farrakhan, born on May 11, 1933 in Bronx, N.Y., was reared in a highly disciplined and
  spiritual household in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Raised by his mother, a native of St. Kitts, Louis
  and his brother Alvan learned early the value of work, responsibility and intellectual development.
  Having a strong sensitivity to the plight of Black people, his mother engaged her sons in
  conversations about the struggle for freedom, justice and equality. She also exposed them to
  progressive material such as the Crisis magazine, published by the NAACP.

  Popularly known as "The Charmer," he achieved fame in Boston as a vocalist, calypso singer, dancer
  and violinist. In February 1955, while visiting Chicago for a musical engagement, he was invited
  to attend the Nation of Islam's Saviours' Day convention.

  Although music had been his first love, within one month after joining the Nation of Islam in 1955,
  Minister Malcolm X told the New York Mosque and the new convert Louis X that Elijah
  Muhammad had said that all Muslims would have to get out of show business or get out of the
  Temple. Most of the musicians left Temple No. 7, but Louis X, later renamed Louis Farrakhan,
  chose to dedicate his life to the Teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad.

  The departure of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad in 1975 and the assumption of leadership by Imam
  W. Deen Mohammed brought drastic changes to the Nation of Islam. After approximately three
  of wrestling with these changes, and a re-appraisal of the condition of Black people and the value
  of the Teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Minister Farrakhan decided to return to the
  teachings and program with a proven ability to uplift and reform Blacks.

  His tremendous success is evidenced by mosques and study groups in over 120 cities in America,
  Europe, the Caribbean and missions in West Africa and South Africa devoted to the Teachings of
  the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. In rebuilding the Nation of Islam, Minister Farrakhan has
  renewed respect for the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, his Teachings and Program.

  Soon to be 80 years of age, Minister Farrakhan still maintains a grueling work schedule. He has been
  welcomed in a countless number of churches, sharing pulpits with Christian ministers from a
  variety of denominations, which has demonstrated the power of the unity of those who believe in
  the One God. He has addressed diverse organizations, been received in many Muslim countries as
  a leading Muslim thinker and teacher, and been welcomed throughout Africa, the Caribbean and
  Asia as a champion in the struggle for freedom, justice and equality.

  In 1979, he founded The Final Call, an internationally circulated newspaper that follows in the line of
  The Muhammad Speaks. In 1985, Minister Farrakhan introduced the POWER concept. In 1988,
  the resurgent Nation of Islam repurchased its former flagship mosque in Chicago and dedicated it
  as Mosque Maryam, the National Center for the Re-training and Re-education of the Black Man
  and Woman of America and the World. In 1991, Minister Farrakhan reintroduced the Three Year
  Economic Program, first established by the Honorable Elijah Muhammad to build an economic
  base for the development of Blacks through business ventures. In 1993, Minister Farrakhan
  penned the book, "A Torchlight for America," which applied the guiding principles of justice and
  good will to the problems perplexing America. In May of that year, he traveled to Libreville,
  Gabon to attend the Second African-African American Summit where he addressed African heads
  of state and delegates from America. In October of 1994, Minister Farrakhan led 2,000 Blacks
  from America to Accra, Ghana for the Nation of Islam's first International Saviours' Day.
  Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings officially opened and closed the five-day convention.

  The popular leader and the Nation of Islam repurchased farmland in Dawson, Georgia and enjoyed a
  banner year in 1995 with the successful Million Man March on the Mall in Washington, D.C.,
  which drew nearly two million men. Minister Farrakhan was inspired to call the March out of his
  concern over the negative image of Black men perpetuated by the media and movie industries,
  which focused on drugs and gang violence. The Million Man March established October 16 as a
  Holy Day of Atonement, Reconciliation and Responsibility. Minister Farrakhan took this healing
  message of atonement throughout the world during three World Friendship Tours over the next
  three years. His desire was to bring solutions to such problems as war, poverty, discrimination and
  the right to education. Minister Farrakhan would return to the Mall on Washington, D.C. in 2000
  convening the Million Family March, where he called the full spectrum of members of the human
  family to unite according to the principle of atonement. Minister Farrakhan performed thousands
  of weddings, as well as renewed the vows of those recommitting themselves in a Marriage
  Ceremony.

  As part of the major thrust for true political empowerment for the Black community, Minister
  Farrakhan re-registered to vote in June 1996 and formed a coalition of religious, civic and political
  organizations to represent the voice of the disenfranchised on the political landscape. His efforts
  and the overwhelming response to the call of the Million Man March resulted in an additional 1.7
  million Black men voting in the 1996 presidential elections. In July 1997, the Nation of Islam, in
  conjunction with the World Islamic People's Leadership, hosted an International Islamic
  Conference in Chicago. A broad range of Muslim scholars from Europe, Asia, Africa and the
  Middle East, along with Christian, Jewish and Native American spiritual leaders participated in the
  conference.

  In July of that year, Minister Farrakhan accepted the request to host the first of a series of summits
  centered on the principles of reparations. Nearly 50 activists from across the country answered his
  call to discuss operational unity within the reparations movement for Black people's suffering in
  the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Culminating the Nation of Islam's Saviours' Day convention in
  February 2004, Minister Farrakhan delivered an international address entitled, "Reparations: What
  does America and Europe Owe? What does Allah (God) promise?" stepping further into the
  vanguard position of leadership calling for justice for the suffering masses of Black people and all
  oppressed people throughout the world.

  In October 2005, after months of a demanding schedule traveling throughout the U.S., Minister
  Farrakhan called those interested in establishing a programmatic thrust for Black people in
  America and oppressed people across the globe to participate in the Millions More Movement,
  which convened back at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on the 10th Anniversary of the
  Historic Million Man March. The Millions More Movement involved the formation of 9
  Ministries that would deal with the pressing needs of our people. Also in 2005, Minister Louis
  Farrakhan was voted as BET.com's "Person of The Year" as the person users believed made "the
  most powerful impact on the Black community over the past year."

  In April 2006, Minister Farrakhan led a delegation to Cuba to view the emergency preparedness system
  of the Cuban people, in the wake of the massive failure to prevent the loss of human life after
  Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.

  On October 19, 2008, after nearly a year of extensive repairs and restoration, Minister Farrakhan
  opened the doors and grounds of Mosque Maryam to thousands of people representing all creeds
  and colors during a much anticipated Rededication Ceremony themed "A New Beginning." This
  day also served as the commemoration of the 13th Anniversary of the Historic Million Man March
  and Holy Day of Atonement.

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