The Final Call
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The Final Call is a newspaper published in Chicago. It was founded in 1979 by The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and serves as the official newspaper of the Nation of Islam.
[edit] History
The original version of The Final Call was published by Nation of Islam Founder Elijah Muhammad in the 1930s as the Final Call to Islam. This small newspaper evolved into the Muhammad Speaks Newspaper in the 1960s and attracted a circulation of 900,000 per week, with monthly circulation of 2.5 million. Today, the weekly Final Call serves a readership of diverse economic and educational backgrounds and is distributed in North America, Canada, Europe, Africa and the Caribbean. The current Editor-in-Chief of the Final Call is Richard B. Muhammad and the Assistant Editor is Ashahed M. Muhammad.[1]
Founded by Louis Farrakhan, The Final Call follows in the tradition of Muhammad Speaks with national and international news and coverage of political issues. It is the official communications organ of the Nation of Islam.
The Final Call Online Edition was initially started as a simple promotional tool developed by Nation of Islam college students for the historic Million Man March in 1995. Receiving millions of visits since its inception, it has grown into the online companion to the Final Call Newspaper.
According to the publications' website, The Final Call "aims to serve as an essential source of information for those who thirst for uncompromised reporting in today's arena of corporate driven media." [2]
