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In 1955, Wolcott fulfilled the requirements to be a registered Muslim / registered believer / registered laborer.
He memorized and recited verbatim the 10 questions and answers of the NOI's Student Enrollment.
He then wrote a Saviour's Letter that must be sent to the NOI's headquarters in Chicago.
The Saviour's Letter must be copied verbatim, and have the identical handwriting of the Nation of Islam's founder, Wallace Fard Muhammad.
After having the Saviour's Letter reviewed, and approved by the NOI's headquarters in Chicago in July 1955, Wolcott received a letter of approval from the Nation of Islam acknowledging his official membership as a registered Muslim / registered believer / registered laborer in the NOI.
As a result, he received his " X.
" The " X " was considered an algebraic placeholder, used to indicate that Nation of Islam's members original African family names had been lost.
They acknowledged European surnames were slave names, often assigned by the slaveowners to mark their ownership.
Members of the NOI used the " X " while waiting for their Islamic names, which some NOI members received later in their conversion.
Hence, Louis Wolcott became Louis X. Elijah Muhammad then replaced his " X " with the " holy name " Farrakhan, an Arabic name meaning " charmer ".
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