TIME.com: Louis Farrakhan Speaks -- Page 1

TIME.com: Louis Farrakhan Speaks -- Page 1: "A decade ago, Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakhan led the Million Man March on Washington, D.C., and seemed poised to become a mainstream African-American political leader. But in the ensuing years conditions for many African-Americans have worsened, and Farrakhan himself disappeared from the political stage while fighting cancer. This week he will try to resuscitate his influence by leading the Millions More Movement, a rally billed as being open to women, gays, Latinos and other ethnic minorities excluded from the first march. Farrakhan spoke to TIME's David E. Thigpen about the rise of the Christian Right, what really happened in New Orleans, and the lasting effects of his near-death experience. "