The Final Call (newspaper)
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The Final Call is a newspaper published in Chicago. It was founded in 1979 by The Honorable MinisterLouis Farrakhan and serves as the official newspaper of the Nation of Islam.
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 the Honorable Louis Farrakhan, National Representative of The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, The Final Call follows in the tradition of Muhammad Speaks, with hard-hitting national and international news and coverage of political issues. It is the official communications organ of the Nation of Islam.
Founded in the 1930s as the Final Call to Islam, the newspaper evolved into Muhammad Speaks in the 1960s and boasted a circulation of 900,000 a week, with monthly circulation of 2.5 million. Today, the weekly Final Call Newspaper serves a readership of diverse economic and educational backgrounds, including circulation in North America, Europe, Africa and the Caribbean.
The Final Call uses state-of-the-art production technology and its content offers readers in-depth original reporting and news analysis. No other newspaper in the country tackles the most controversial issues as aggressively as The Final Call.
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]