• He called it his slave name

    Which is odd, since it was his father's name and his father was called that in honour of a noted abolitionist. There are plenty of good reasons to change your name, including wanting to disassociate yourself from your family, but choosing a name which associates you with a racial separatist movement doesn't look like a step forward.

  • choosing a name which associates you with a racial separatist movement

    The name didn't do that, though. Attending Nation of Islam rallies did.

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