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Excerpt: Farrakhan [Minister Louis Farrakhan]
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Consists of correspondence and press coverage re Bernie Grant’s campaign efforts to lift the British exclusion ban on Minister Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam. Includes correspondence between Bernie Grant and various correspondents re opinions concerning the immigration ban on Minister Farrakhan. Correspondents include: the Home Office (Jack Straw); members of the public (letters for and against the ban imposed on Farrakhan); Black organisations (eg Nation of Islam, Society of Black Lawyers). Also relates to issues such as Stephen Lawrence, racism, immigration.

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