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5percent — Part 1

280 pages · May 22, 2026 · Broad topic: Religion & Belief · Topic: 5percent · 280 pages OCR'd
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Tupted by boys who stood at m moments and shouted at teachers: “You blue-eyed white devil! Youd burn!" If the teacher was Negro. the boys shouted, “You slave! You'll die!" The disorder spread throughout the school, cording to the report, with gangs of the bors roaming halis, insulting and threaten- ing teachers and assistants who were patrolng the halls anc beating non-Five Per- centers outside the school. Ther added to the general disorder in classes by refusing to answer to their names and demant © be addressed by Muslim names. Both teachers and students Were terrified by the threats: and disorder and their terror was heightened by two in- cidents of violence. Within) the first two weeks of schooi, 8 male teacher was beater. by} tudent anc a female teach. er was struck by an intrude: identified in the report as Pave Percenter. Both the essailants are knowr, to have beer. arrested, Me, Deeg acknogledged that erder to continue his life, the Teport stated. Board of Education sources indicated the report was be- ing withheld because of some of the statements of opinion in it. The reference may have been to an impassioned para- graph which termed the Five Percenter philosophy “diabol- ical,” said it was aimed at the destruction of every ‘“desir- able institution” of Harlem. and accused the group of combining brainwashing and terror. ‘The report said that after the youth was killed other Five Percenters threatened * violence to non-members. behed-sebmitted a report, but Tefused to release it. Teachers at the school say that the youths called non- “Pork-eaters” and pork. Teachers were told by} the Board of Education make notes of the outbursts, but some of them, especiall: Negro teachers living in Har-| lem, were afraid of reprisals outside the school. The Five Percenters are} followers of @ man nam Clarence (Puddin') Smith, who calls himself “Allah.” ‘They are satd to believe he is God. He has been in jail since he was errested in # disturbance in early June, Several “pork-eaters” brought but the members insist that Weapons from their homes to he stil! is God and that, as defend themselves on the way his followers, they cannot be t0 school. Ther checked their ed. weapons with the principal The report said that when When they arrived. a l5-year-old student and | The report added that the member of the Five Percent- Five Percenters undoubtedly ers was killed as he and have adult leaders and that other members fought with there is evidence the group an edult on a playground in receives funds and advise 8t. Nicholas Homes, his “from outside the United friends shouted: “Get up, States.” You're not dead. We can't The report said that the. die." incidents came to an end The boy was dead, how- after the first two weeks of j ever. and his friends gave his school and that 14 arrests Muslim name to a recruit in had been made. Teachers at choo! agreed that the disorder: ceased, but said the attitudes which caused them are still apparent in the Five Per- center students. They believe the end of the disorders was brought about by five-day suspensions issued to students who tn- sisted on being called by Muslim names, the arrests and the stationing of a po- Uceman st the school to patrol the halis. A board spokesman sald there have been 12 to 15 ar- Tests at the school this year, not all of them Five Percent- ers, ter, five-day suspensions and two full suspensions. Some teachers believe there may be further disorders pending. “We may be in the eye of the storm,” one of them said. Some police sources say they believe the group has become quiet in recent weeks because most of its leaders have been arrested on one charge or another, but they say the group still exists and ~ ve that new leaders are moving insert
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