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Se gh Benet UL.awwtED STATES DEPARTMENT OF«,. JSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to New York, New York June 2, 1965 Disturbance By Group Called “Five Percenters", Harlem, New York City, May 31, 1965 Racial Matter sy) “ (UL On June i, 1965, Si Bureau of Special Services (BSS), New . y rolice Department —. (NYCPD) advised that at 9:15 p.m., six Negro males were blocking the sidewalk and interfering with street traffic in front of the Hotel Theresa, 2090 7th Avenue, New York City. When told to move on by two police officers they turned on the officers, called on bystanders to attack the officers and shouted anti-white and anti-~police invectives. Additional police assistance was necessary to arrest the six and two of the officers were bitten. Previously a bar window had been broken by the group and a Negro male named Wilbert Lee had been struck on the head with a stick wielded by one of the six arrested. Approximately 90 minutes before this incident these same six individuals had caused a disturbance at the corner of Lenox Avenue and 116th Street in Harlem. When told to move on by 4 police officer they complied but cursed and berated the patrolman as they left vo) cag MENEED advised that the six all had J, |‘ Muslim names or aliases but all had denied being member of the Nation of Islam (NOI) or the Muslim Mosque, Incorporated (MMI). However, some of them appeayed to have some kmowledge of the NOI. They did claim to be members of the "Five Percenters", which they claim means th Muslims who smoke and drink, According to they have no headquarters and appear to be_ 5 up that hangs U yay Harlem street corners\ Ww y-4~ IMPEETD Here AS riche Uc GLASSIFIED BAYE3 -17- £2 Vsps/RTG/ SO . This document con LEG SUIT CG EE ons nor conclusions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; 4t and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 2b