Farrakhan Sets Black ‘Day of Atonement’

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is urging black Americans to stay home from work and school Thursday to honor a “day of atonement.” Farrakhan, interviewed on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” predicted millions will participate. Farrakhan hopes to convey a political message: “When whites of this nation wake up on that morning and they don’t see their cook or . . . the baggage carrier or you don’t hear the music or you don’t see the face of black people, then you begin to think how relevant and how important are black people to this nation.”