Who else but Aretha Franklin could bring Rev. Al Sharpton, Rev. Jesse Jackson, former President Bill Clinton and Minister Louis Farrakhan on the same stage? All four attended her funeral on August 31, but on some networks you might not have known Farrakhan was there.
Networks like ABC and MSNBC cropped Farrakhan out of their images on social media. See the receipts below:
Farrakhan’s attendance at the Queen of Soul’s funeral did create negative responses on social media due to his anti-Semitic, anti-LGBTQ and sexist comments over the years. However, many people did not know they had known each other since 1972.
In a statement, Farrakhan wrote, “In 1972, when I was minister in New York City, Temple No 7, the police attacked our mosque. Within a few hours, Aretha Franklin came to the mosque, to my office, and said that she saw the news and came as quickly as she could to stand with us and offer us her support. She asked me if Rev. Jesse Jackson had been there to show support. I said, not yet. She said, he’ll be here within 48 hours. Rev Jackson came and stood with the Muslims.”
He continued, “We marveled at her show of courage, fearlessness which was rooted in her profound love for her people and her desire for justice for us. Her activism, her selflessness caused her to stand with Dr. Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement as she joined the struggle of our people for liberty, equity and justice.”
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Some Networks Cropped Louis Farrakhan Out Of Aretha Funeral Coverage was originally published on newsone.com
