Word: farrakhan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...athletes to Los Angeles. He plans a July 2 trip to the U.S.-Mexico border, where, he says, he will lead demonstrators to protest the Reagan Administration's policy on Central America and demand that the Western Hemisphere become a "war-free zone." Meanwhile, Jackson's political associate, Louis Farrakhan, leader of the black Nation of Islam organization, visited Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli. The trip reinforced the impression among American Jews, who are some of Mondale's keenest supporters and most generous contributors, that Jackson is radically pro-Arab. As a result, Mondale cannot be seen...
Everyone is condemning Louis Farrakhan for his remarks about Reporter Milton Coleman. Blacks are fed up with Uncle Toms who run back to Ole Massa repeating what is said among blacks. When the Knights of Columbus or B'nai B'rith have a meeting, their members do not tattle to blacks...
...debate focused on the issues of runoff primaries and immigration policy, and the candidates found little to disagree about. The liveliest moments came when Mondale and Hart rebuked Jackson for not repudiating Farrakhan, the black Muslim leader who made what sounded like a death threat against a black reporter. Mondale asserted that "what Farrakhan said was poison," and Hart wondered why the Muslim had not been subjected to criminal prosecution.* Jackson replied that he had "disassociated myself from the message but not from the messenger" and spoke in a preacher's tones of "forgiveness...
...Jackson had any doubts about how lame his reply sounded, they were speedily dispelled. Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert Strauss met with Jackson right after the debate and, with Mondale listening, told him sternly that a continued refusal to disavow Farrakhan would hinder party efforts to work out a convention compromise on Jackson's platform demands. Said one Jackson aide: "It was the first time I've ever seen Jesse take guff from anybody." Jackson tried unsuccessfully to phone Farrakhan; it seemed Likely that the candidate wanted to put more distance between himself and his raucous supporter...
...Webb, U.S. Attorney in Chicago, said Friday that he had carefully reviewed Farrakhan's alleged threat and found "insufficient evidence of the requisite criminal intent" to sustain a prosecution...