The Farrakhan phenomenon: Ideology, support, potential

Louis Farrakhan, recently banned from entering Britain, is today a household name in the United States, and his troubling presence, particularly in the margins of Revd Jesse Jackson's 1984 presidential election campaign, damaged the Black‐Jewish alliance. Still, his support among Blacks should not be overestimated and the potential threat which his antisemitism poses to Jews is not nearly so dangerous as the antisemitism of groups on the traditional extreme right.