The Volokh Conspiracy
[Todd Zywicki, December 22, 2006 at 4:37pm] Trackbacks
Louis Farrakhan as "The Charmer":

In the Comments to my earlier post on Harry Belafonte, Glenn W. Bowen mentioned that Louis Farrakhan was also a calypso singer in his youth as "The Charmer."

I was not aware of that fact, but sure enough, you can hear "The Charmer" here.

Seth Edenbaum (mail) (www):
No orchestra would hire a black violinist.
He was good enough, as he proved a few years ago doing Mendelssohn. The NY Times gave him a decent review.
12.22.2006 5:11pm
Jeff Shultz (mail):
Too bad - think how different race relations might be if he'd gotten on union scale as a violinist instead of what did happen.
12.22.2006 5:39pm

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