Is there a New Attitude in Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan?
Aired February 24, 2000 – 2:30 p.m. ET THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. LOU WATERS, CNN ANCHOR: Minister Louis Farrakhan has made his share of controversial remarks over the years, but observers are noticing a change in the fiery Nation of Islam leader, and CNN’s Jeff Flock has the story. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) JEFF FLOCK, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Louis Farrakhan… LOUIS FARRAKHAN: Your time of servitude to the white man is up, it’s over, it’s done, it’s through. FLOCK: … then and now: FARRAKHAN: The cycle of violence and hatred must end. FLOCK: When he takes the stage at the annual Savior’s Day gathering of his 40,000-strong Nation of Islam, which begins today in Chicago, some think it will be a kinder, gentler Farrakhan. FARRAKHAN: I was three minutes away from death. FLOCK: In his first public appearance since treatment for the prostate cancer that nearly killed him, Farrakhan, uncharacteristically, stood with whites, Christi
Aired February 24, 2000 – 2:30 p.m. ET THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. LOU WATERS, CNN ANCHOR: Minister Louis Farrakhan has made his share of controversial remarks over the years, but observers are noticing a change in the fiery Nation of Islam leader, and CNN’s Jeff Flock has the story. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) JEFF FLOCK, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Louis Farrakhan… LOUIS FARRAKHAN: Your time of servitude to the white man is up, it’s over, it’s done, it’s through. FLOCK: … then and now: FARRAKHAN: The cycle of violence and hatred must end. FLOCK: When he takes the stage at the annual Savior’s Day gathering of his 40,000-strong Nation of Islam, which begins today in Chicago, some think it will be a kinder, gentler Farrakhan. FARRAKHAN: I was three minutes away from death. FLOCK: In his first public appearance since treatment for the prostate cancer that nearly killed him, Farrakhan, uncharacteristically, stood with whites, Christi
