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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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@Que=nenwd Harlem Terror By James W. Sullivan ¥ Of The Herald Tridane Sta‘! An armed group of Negro youths in New York City is : “prepared to die’ in a strug- “gle against white people. Livingston Wingate. executive director of HARYOU-ACT, sald yesterday. “They say: ‘Either there is j change or we'll make Watts , look like g tea party.’ Mr. Wingate said. The reference ; Was to the Watts arca of Los { Angeles. where 34 persons ; Were killed in recent ‘racial disorders. ' Mr. Wingate told the Na- 2 oN a ae ga ! tonal Urban League's eastern | the group for several months | regionai conference on pov- | erty, held at the Belmont- Plaza Hotel, that “the kids are armed and ready to move,” and that only his anti-pdv- erts organization was stopping them, He called the move- ment “something more omin- ous than anything since construction.” HARYOU-ACT is under in- vestigation by both the Man- ‘5 Percenters’— Group Revealed hattan District Attorney's The police have dectined to office and Federa] authorities release any information about after charges of fiscal mis- the group's size, objectives or | management. Mr. Wingste makeup. Deputy Commission- : has been critized about his er Joseph Martin, head of, conduct of the anti-poverty community relations, has said . program. the department feared t Be refused to name the publicity might snowball movement on the ground that membership and add to it wes “too dangerous.” but virulence of the group. he apparently spoke ef a The most frequently h d Black Musilim-eoriented ex- CLIPPING FROM THE tremist youth group known at come the “Five Percenters’ which 7? wy is active in four of New York NY. - otal tits - City's five boroughs. The Police Department has at, et. o hh. - been waging a quiet war on EDITION <= i we ls but a spokesman yesterday DATE 7? eis said there would be no com-. — , ments because the matter is PAG: ment on Mr. Wingate’s com- (\ under investigation. The Herald Tribune has FOWARDED BY NY DIVISICN 7 been conducting an independ- ve i an causation Tor the past thiee, NOT FOWARD BY.NY DIVISIONSA weeks, and has confirmed tne’ group's existence as well ips some details of its activities. ENCL OfURE
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