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UL..sED STATES DEPARTMENT OF... JSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer ta New York, New York le No. June 9; 1965 NY 157-1489 Disturbance By Group Called "Five Percenters," Harlem, New York City, May 31, 1965 Racial Matter) Reference is made to memorandum dated June 2, 1965, at New York, New York(w) ne On June 7, 1965, ureau b of Special Services, New Yo olice Deparurent (BSS, NYCPD), advised that because of the nature and activities of the "Five Percenters", BSS has conducted an investigation of that group._ This investigation developed the following information: The "Five Percenters", who are on occasion, referred to as the "Brotherhood of Blackmen" or the "Brotherhood of Allah," is a loosely knit group of Negro youth gangs in the Harlem section of New York City. They come from an area bounded by Fifth Avenue on the east, Seventh Avenue on the west, 120th Street on the south and 130th Street on the north. These particular gangs emanate from New York City Public School Number 120, which is a junior high school serving the above area and located near 120th Street at 1832 Madison Avenue. They also hang ovt around New York City Public School Number“68 located at 127 West 127th Street Wy) These youths are typical of the numercus street type gangs that exist in Harlem except that trey have been influenced by an individual who refers to himseif as "Allah" and has indoctrinated them in the distorted Muslim teachings of Nation of ys lap er) leader Elijah Muhammad (US) ery fi 26G/F9 H POM iS Thee ASSIFIED furnished reliabe information in the Vida’ oA _ eae | spol abe lee . This document contains neither recommendations no*conclusions of tie FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. ENCLOSURE 7.7 “~~