A photograph of former President Barack Obama with the leader of the Nation of Islam was taken during a Congressional Black Caucus meeting when Obama was a Senator in Illinois.

A photo of former President Barack Obama and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan from 2005 surfaced on Thursday after more than a decade of a journalist keeping the encounter under wraps. The ...

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Photojournalist Askia Muhammad released a photo this week showing former President Barack Obama and the controversial Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan from Obama's years as a state senator ...

A photo has emerged of then-Sen. Barack Obama standing with Louis Farrakhan, leader of the controversial Nation of Islam, during a 2005 Congressional Black Caucus meeting on Capitol Hill.

Context. Although many social media posts claimed the photo was from 1988, it actually dated to 1989. Also, although Nation of Islam members may have participated in the rally, we did not find ...

Muhammad, who is also a member of the Nation of Islam and a senior editor of its newspaper, “The Final Call,” published the photo in January as part of his latest book, “The Autobiography of ...