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5percent — Part 1

280 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Jun 2, 1965 · Broad topic: Religion & Belief · Topic: 5percent · 280 pages OCR'd
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+ i the five percent of Muslims who smoke and drink. ee eeraceearaesan sO have no headquarters and appear to 2 LOQSeLy group that "hangs out” on Harlem street Ur. wED 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, Mey 31, 1965 Racial MattersQ@) advised that a 3 p.m., six Negro blocking the sidewalk and interfering with street traffic in front of the Hotel Tneresa, 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 a police officer they complied but cursed and perated the patrolman as they left wo) eS =<v2 =<: that the six all had Muslim type n Ss 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 knowledge of the NOI. They did claim to be members of the "Five Percenters”, which they claim coment) ALL ECOMATION CONTAIRLD ERTS FET ROMIETE athe to GLASSHTIED BATES 17-£2 BY¥ops7 se! TQ) This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the Federal Bureau ef 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. 57 3376 f ENCLOSURE
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