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Allah,
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group of
Negro youth
gangs in
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Street on
Street
north. These particular gangs emanate from New York City Public School Number 120, which is a junior high school
also hang
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influenced by
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who refers
to himself
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13X Smith
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of 21 West 112th
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Street,
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time of he is
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Muslim
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Cult of
Islam, also
known as
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_ on s nationwide basis.as
advised ELIJAH MUHAMMAD .
his organization
195?, a source
the -
of Islam
No; 2,
Avenue, Chicago,
Illinoil
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basis, commenced
HUhAHMAD'8 ~ .
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of "Muhammad's
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which use
originally organized in 1930 in Detroit, Michigan. MUHAMMAD claims to have been selected by Allah, the Supreme Being, to lead the so-called Negro race out of slavery in the uiiderex
ness of is no North America by establishing Negro; that an independent black
his interpretation
as a
of the
2.-I
the white
race, referred
the so-called
"Koran believe
to as
"white devi1s,?
Negroes are
there_ in e
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the United States; and that the white race, exploitation of the so-called Negroes, must In.the past, including MUHAMMAD,
provisions of
the Selective
had, upon
statements and
his ministers
orgenization<:;!;;W , u
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his organization in order to avoid possible the United States Government; however, he id L fundamental changes in the teachings Of his
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NATIGH OF ISLM, formerly referred to as the Muslim { Cult of Islam, also known
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In January, 1957, a source advised ELIJAH MUHAMMAD has described his organization on e nationwide basis_aa the On Hay B, 196M,
MUHAMMAD is the national
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NOI;
Huhamad'a Temple
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Islam
No. 2, 5335
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the MEI
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untrue since after June, he was reported 196a. His lest
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fiszklter
invelved with
d$es not
invectives
every ordinary
feel
that the
Harlem rewdv
Bureau should
and street
become
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STATES DEPARTMENT
FEDERAL BUREAU
or osrrzce
OF INVESTIGATION
H "1 v -as . .y
%Rq@=H~sRdww New
June 2,
York, New
1965
York
Disturbance By
Harlem, New
JUEE l
Group Called
York City,
"Five Percenters ,
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officers and Additional pOliCe shouted anti-white assistance was and anti-police necessary to invectives. arrest the
six and
named Wilbert
two of
the officers
Lee had
were bitten.
Previously
by the
been struck
group and
on the
a Negro
head with
male
a stick
by one
six arrested.
these same
at the
Approximately 90
six individuals
Lenox Avenue corner of
minutes before
and 116th Street in Harlem. when police officer they com lied but
patrolman as left e92 they ac1visedaases but all that Muslim type n s or
however, some
the Five Percenters
Islam N01!
members of
of them
or the
had denied
to be
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of the
Federal Bureau
FBI and
not to be distributed
FBI!.
the property
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Disturbance By Group Called "Five Percenters", Harlem, New York City, May 31, lQ65
Racial Matters
Characterizations of
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the N01,
MI and
the Organization
and all
Incorporated OAAU!,
sources therein
of Afro-American
are attached
have furnished
hereto
Unity,
reliable information
in the pastQg
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1965
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with felon arrest, assault
I
Harlem, New
York City,
May 31,
In addition, "Allan" was charged with possession of marijuana cigarette and malicious mischief gl
advised the o ~e
all six
Court, New
1965. All
are incarcerated
York City,
_ gne
and.tne case
on June
1, 1965,
in lieu
adjourned
of bail
in Manhattan
until June
Felony
18,
"Allah" claimed
could not
God and
the Court
charge them
anything since
"white lawyers"
assistance.Q;
arge numoer
He also
refused
-_d1dt1~e1= 1
Y.
was kept
VI K
disturbances. The
closed to
the public
courtroom where
the hearing
was held
page 30,
the six
."1 .:
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The June 2, 1965 editions of The New York Times", and the "Daily News", page 10, both daily papers
New York City, contained articles on and arraignment. These articles the described
to membersNOI%iL92 of the
as "Black
Mus ms",
a term
generally used
to refer
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a daily
former national
an article
broke with
New York
newspaper published
City
the NGI
official of
York, New
on March
publicly announced
had formed
of Islam
in
movement for Negroes only, financed by voluntary contributions. In this public statement MALCOLM X urged Negroes to ab8nd0 the doctrine of non-violence when it is necessary to defend themselves in the civil rights struggle, and he also suggested that Negroes form rifle clubs to protect their lives and
property in
-3 >-
time of
emergencies in
areas where
the govern-
Incorporation papers
the Business
York, New New York
Section, Clerk
for the
of the
MNI filed
that the
of Courts,
on March 15,
New York of the
the Islamic
York, reflect
MEI W85
incorporated under
the Religious
to work
Corporation Law
imparting of
Faith and lslamic Religion in accordance with "accepted Islamic principals." The principal place of worship to The May 23, 196A, edition of the "New York Amsterdam News," a weekly Negro newspaper published in
New York
BOOKER in
be
en article
by columnist
he had heard that
JAMES
the
indicated that
visit
tour has
by MALCOLM
X with
Muslim leaders
soft in
during his
his anti~white
African
changed him
to become
6, 196b,
a confidential
source advised
true orthodox the Islamic
gr. "v..'
Foundation of
New York!,
1 Riverside
Drive, New
York City.
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MULIM_MQSQUEL INQQRPORATEQ
A second confidential source advised on October 20
1965, that
the headquarters
Theresa, 2OO shared with
of the
MMI are
located in
of Amer1can Afro
Suite
New York,
where they
quarters are
128, Hotel
were established
Seventh Avenue,
on March
16, 196$.
New York,
These head
the Organization
while addressing
an OAAUrally at
on February
21, 1965,
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Bunurte-~.e B crxa
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the
are
irri
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NATION OF ISLAM,
referred to as
formerly
Muslim
Cult
I
of
Islam,
also known
as
Eeeerre ie
Temeleelefrlelee
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MUHAMHAD is
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national
is the national
nrvm ivntinn V i .... _:,.__._ H . . ..
I! _
of
Islam
Ho. 2, 5335
H ..
headquarters
Greenwood Avenue,
hanin ..- -haw,
ROI officials,
Chicago,
Illinois,
to MUHAMMAD'S
Templesof Ielam.Qp92
The N01 is
originally organized in
MosqueH or
one of
QETQQ Bltn f L,
Muhammad's
which was
MUHAMMAD
an all-Negro
1930 in
organization
Detroit,
Q. u
claims to have been selected by Allah, to lead the so-called Negro race out of ness of North America by establishing
nation is the in the United States.
Michigan.
teachings
no such
and his
thing States;
interpretation
as a Negro;
of the
"Koran"
believe
Negroes
there
are
so-called race,
slaves
Q ":1 V . u " TA: 331-,._ .
of
the white
race,
referred
to as "white
devils,"
of its
in
United
and that
because
92 92l.
In the past, officials and members of the NOI, including MUHAMMAD, have refused to register under the provisions of the Selective Service Acts and have declared
source
tempered ministers
order to
advised MUHAMMAD
his personal concerning
avoid possible
counsel, to his
however, teachings
organization b92]
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NATIOX OF
referred to Cult of
ISLAM, fcrmerly
Muslim known as
of Iel Km. gm .
hae, early
On Nay T, 195M,
E 1
-
eepeets ef the teachings cf Islam and to stress the econemic benefits to be derived by those Negroes who joined the NOI. This policy change, according to MUHAMMAD, weuld help him acquire additional followers and create more interest in
in July,
1958, decided
a third
source adviae
to de-emphasize
MUHAMAD
the religiuu
his programs
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31, 1965
1_ APPENDIX
Afro-
in the
rally held
by the
New
"MI
York City.@}92
basic OAAU
:1 _ .., .
I 92
%
A
aims reed by MALCOLM X at this meeting shall include "all" people of African Western hemisphere, ae well aa "our"
May, 1963.9-'3
A recording
of the Organization of African Unity established heads of States! at Addie Ababa, Ethiopia, in of the remarks of MALCGLM X this at
It is
patterned after
the "letter
meeting indicates that the aim of the OAAU is to eliminate differences between Negroes so they can work together for "human rights," while the initial objective is to "internationalize" the American civil rights movement by
taking it
violent civil
to the
rights movement
United Nations.
a program
and claims
should
be taught
to protect
themselves, when
politics, culture,
that the
for Negroes
of education, advised
in MI head-
confidential source
are located
quarters, Suite
128, Hotel
Therese, 2090
7th Avenue,
New
the Audubon
on February
Ballroom,
21, 1965,
On April 13, 1965, a second confidential source on March 26, 1965, the OAAU filed e Certificate
with the New York, Department of and henceforth State, State of New the organization's
will be Organization of Afro-American Unity,
Incorporated :!
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056d pI=file 100 -l5Q2O! the
into'SMITH
has identified "ALLAH" as
L__
open an investigation
the
fee
In View
of the
fact that
the Five
Percenters
plus the
police
an
NYO will
institute
influence or
infiltration by
this caption
Y will
to determine
continue to
subvers ve type
the extent
follow this
black nationalists
of
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Disturbance By Group Called "Five Percenters," Harlem, New York City, May 31, 1965
Racial Hatter!
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The "Five
to as the "Brotherhood
Percenters",
of
referred
of
Bleckmen"
Allah,
is e loosely
knit
group of
Harlem section of New York City. They come from an ares bounded by Fifth Avenue on the east, Seventh Avenue on the west, 129th 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 junicr high school serving the above area and located near 120th Street at 1532 Madison Avenue. They also hang out around New York City These youths are typical of the numcrcus street type gangs that exist in Harlem except that they have been influenced by an individual who refers to himself as "Allah"
and has indoctrinated them in distorted ofNationIslam leader Muhemmedii> of NOI! the Elijah Musl 1 teachings
c HTAmEgbchera,ctez-ization ofthe is N03; n_ ;:Q1; n|E#_ and sources tachedall therein have
BTEQ;L'.!;S*i>..BY-5P5-LBI1~1'='~Q~
horconclusions of the
FBI.
and its
It
is the property
contents are not
it
Disturbance
By Group Called
H .__ _ __
"Five
Percenters,
/
May1igy West hes identified 31, NYCPD. %hebeen York City,_,,' He Street, New as / Clarenog/1 s mith of 21 112th
ter " and was one of the six arrested on Although at the time of his arrest he denied at present, he is known to have been
past where he received his "X heme. the He is
This
. . r1 _ __,,_...__.s.....--1.
religion nor do they actually belong to or follow the teachings of the NOI. These youths do, however, claim to he the "five
percent
smokingand drinkingA&c
ing place
of the folFoye;of
Elijah
in
/ff ./4.-/1
1 c J a B96
youth in'iividua.l
or headquarters.
from their
Although each
respeetive
own leader, they do not have an ;,=:i;l eetui other than to look up to he-~-
gangs formed
neighbor _92 d -
of the
<1/
1
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so :heir
number
of
youths
not
fluctuates
on a
the
Gay to
day besis
differenoe;thet
because of its
arise
loosely
time
knit
to time
relationship
between
and the
indi dual
from
weapons. Howeve youth gangs undoubtedly have or can easily make the various types of homemade weapons common to
known E:
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as
i :
6:,
,0
Confidential sources
-4
familiar with
the Organization
in June
1965 and
Unity, II;:?..>1:pOrat9*5
IIINI!
not
these sources
did
Charla
in the paetL:~.92
furnished reliable
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NATION OF
referred to Cult of
ISLAM, formerly
Muslim known as
has ofdescribed and "Muhammad's of Islam Lkthe; his organization Temples on a nationwideas ! basis "Nation Islam," N01!
On May 8, 196b,
Pa 3
a second
source advised
ELIJAH
is the
national headquarters
"Temp "
of the
N01; and
one of
in mid-1960,
MUHAMMAD and other NOI officials, when referring to MUHAMMADS organization on a nationwide basis, commenced using either
Temples of Islam.;:92
A
"Mosque" or
when mentioning
"Muhammad*s
The NOI is an all-Negro organization which was originally organized in 1930 in Detroit, Michigan. MUHAMMAD claims to have been selected by Allah, the Supreme Being, to lead the so-called Negro race out of slavery in the wilder ness of North America by establishing an independent black
nation in the United States. Members following MUHAMMAD S
teachings and
is no
-
his interpretation
as a Negro;
of the
that the
"Koran" believe
so~called Negroes
there
are
slaves of
such thing
the white
race, referred
to as
"white devils,"
in
MUHAMAD
personal
had, upon
statements and
advice of
legal counsel,
instructions to
concerning the
. Ir
his organization in order to avoid possible the United States Government; however, he did any fundamental changes in the teachings of his
organization
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former national official of the Nation of Islam NOI! who broke with the NOI on March 8, 196a, publicly a nouncd in New York City on March 12, 1QU, that h had formed ne Mu lim Mosque, Incorporated MMI!. The MMI, according to tho 8Ptil6 would be a broadly based politically oriented black nationalis
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newspaper published
MALCOlM X LITTLE!,
the civil rights struggle, and he also suggested form rifle clubs to protect their lives and time of emergencies in areas where the govern~
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Incorporation papers
195a, with
County, New State of
of the
MMI filed
of Courts,
that the
on March 15,
New York of the be
the Islamic
the Business
York, New New York to work
Section, Clerk
York, reflect for the
incorporated under
the Religious
Corporation Law
imparting of
MMI was
Faith and Islamic Religion in accordance with accepted Islamic principals," The principal place of worship to The May 23, 1963, edition of the "New York Amsterdam News," a weekly Negro newspaper published in
New York
BOOKER in
by columnist
he had heard that
JAMES
the
indicated that
visit
tour has
by MALCOLM
X with
during his
in his anti-white
African
changed him
source advised
the true orthodox the Islamic
Foundation of
New York!,
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Drive, New
York City.
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A second confidential source advised on October 20,
196%, that the headquarters of the MEI are located in Suite 128, Hotel Theresa, 2090 Seventh Avenue, New York, New YOQK, where they were established on March 16, 196%. These heau.__ xv '.~ .1 "
quarters are
shared with
the Organization
of Afro-American
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LITTLE, founder
and
leader of
the Muslim
American Unity oeau!, with himself as Chairman. eThis announcement was made at a public rally held by the MM1 in the Audubon Ballroom, Broadway and 166th Street, New
rights action
formation of
Mosque, Incorporated
all Negro,
MMI!, puhlicly
militant civil
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western Hemisphere, as well as "our" brothers and sisters
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nay, 1963.Ql!
A recording
meeting indicates
of the Negroes
remarks of
aim of
MALCOLM X at this
is to is to eliminate
the OAAU
differences between
"human rights,
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so they
can work
together for by
the non-
initial objective
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taking it to the
American civil
United Nations.
rights movement
LITTLE condemned
me,-
violent civil rights movement and claims that Negroes should be taught to protect themselves, when and if necessary. The CAAU will sponsor a program for Negroes of e uoation, 19, 196%, a confidential
are located
source advised
in MMI head-
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York City[$92
while addressine
quarters, Suite
128, Hotel
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Yth Avenue,
New
on February
the Audubon
21, 1965,
an OAAU
rally at
Ballroom,
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with the Department of State, State of New
York, Albany,
tree name
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wil be organization of
New York,
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newspaper published
former national
on page
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MALCOLM LITTLE!: X
broke with the NOI on March 8, 196%, publicly announced in New York City on March l2 196k, that he had formed the Muslim
would be a broadly based politically oriented black 3t1na115t movement for Negroes only, financed by voluntary contributions.
In this public statement MALCOLM X urged Negroes to abandon the doctrine of non-violence when it is necessary to defend themselves in the civil rights struggle, and he also suggested that Negroes form rifle clubs to protect their lives and property in time of emergencies in areas where the govern-
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1904, with the Business
York, New
Section, Clerk
of Courts,
New York
16,
County, New
York, reflect
that the
MMI was
incorporated under the Religious $$&tE Of NEW York to work for the
Faith and
Islamic Religion
in accordance
with "accepted
worship to
Islamic principals."
The principal
he indicated
that he
had
heard that
the
visit by
tour has
leaders during
soft in his
his African
ahti~white
On October 6, 196M, a confidential source advised that the MRI is apparently affiliated with the true orthodox Islamic Religion through its affiliation with the Islamic Foundation of New York!, 1 Riverside Drive, New York Cit .
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referred to
ISLAM, formerly
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known as
it
on a nationwide
the NOI;
advised ELIJAH
basis as the
ELIJAH
MUHAMAD
source advised
Muhamad's Temple
of Islam
I MUHAMMAD andother NOI officials, when referring to MUHAMMAD S organization on a nationwide basis, commenced using either "Mosque" or "Temple" when mentioning one of "Muhammad's
is the
national headquarters
No. 2,
5335 South
Greenwood Avenue,
of the
Chicago, Illinois
Temples of Islam.Qg%
The NOI originally organized to lead ness of
claims to have been the United
is
Allah, the
Supreme Being,
nation in
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following MUHAMAD'S
teachings and
is
"Koran" believe
so-called Negroes
the United
exploitation of
slaves of
no such
the white
race, referred
that the
white race,
to as
"white devils,"
because
and will
of its
in
the so-called
Negroes, must
rIn
members to register
and
Service Acts
owe no advice of
allegiance to
States _u..3
MUHAMMAD
On May 5, 1955,
instructions to
the first
source advised
legal counsel,
principles of
prosecution by
his organization
the United
in order
States Government;
not indicate
organizationAQQ!
any fundamental
changes
in the
teachings of
his
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also known
as
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those Negroes
who joined
the N01.
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28, 196$,
and
leader of
the Muslim
rights action
group to
formation of
MMI!, Dubli ly
militant civil
Organization of
Afro-
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himself as Chairman. This a public rally held by the MMI Broadway and 166th Street, New
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A printed and published statement of basic OAAU aims read by MALCOLM X at this meeting indicates that it shall include "all" people of African descent in the western Hemisphere, as well as "our" brothers and sisters on the African continent. It is patterned after the "letter and spirit" of the Organization of African Unity established by African heads of States! at Addie Ababa, Ethiopia, in
May, 1963.@~
A recording
meeting indicates differences between
taking it to the to protect
of the
remarks of
MALCOLM X at this
that the aim of the OAAU is to eliminate Negroes so they can work together for
"human rights," while the initial objective is to internationali2e" the American civil rights movement
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by
the non-
United Nations.
LITTLE condemned
violent civil
be taught
rights movement
will sponsor a program
and claims
for Negroes
that Negroes
and if necessary.
should
themselves, when
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in MEI head-
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while addressina
quarters, Suite
128, Hotel
Theresa, 2090
?th Avenue,
New
New York ty Ci Q}
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on February
Ballroom,
21, 1965,
advised that
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On April 13, 1955, a second confidential source on March 26, 1965, the QAAU filed a Certificate
with the Department of State, State of New
of Incorporation
York, Albany,
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New York,
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east, Seventh Avenue on the west, 120th Street on the .
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and located
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Tnese youths are typical of the numerous street-type gangs that exist in Harlem, except that they have been influenced by an individual who refers to himself as "Allah" and has indoctrineted them in the
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have in the
member, in the pest, of the NOI, where he received e his "X name." He is unemployed and spends his time ' hanging around the above-mentioned area where he
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Disturbance by
Group
Called
1, APPENDIX
NATION OF
referred to
ISLAM, formerly
as the Muslim
Cult
1*
of Islam,
also known
as
Muhan@ad]s,Te@ples
has described
of islam
source advised on a nationwide ELIJAH MUHAMMAD basis as the
l :'
._.;_ .-.
..
"Nationof Islam,"
of Isiam No.
On May 8, 196%,
MUBAWWAD is the national leader
ELIJAH
Illinois,
is the
national headquarters
2, 5335
South Greenwood
of the
in mid-1960,
other NQI officials, when referring to MUHAMMAD S a nationwide basis, commenced using either
in 1930 in Detroit, Michigan. MUHAMAD selected by Allah, the Supreme Being, Negro race out of slavery in the wilder-
5
I
is such no thing as a Negro; that the so~called Negroes slaves of the unite race, referred to as "white devils," tie United States; and that the white race, because of its ezploitetion of the so~cal1ed Negroes, must and will be
are in
provisions
J
if the
Selective Service
Acts and
have d
c ared
M May 5, 1958, the first source advised MUHAMMAD had, upon aivice of legal counsel, tempered his personal statementB :nd instructions to his ministers concerning the principles cf his organization in order to avoid possible
prosecutiozby the United States Government; however, he did
not indimte
any fundamental
changes-in the
teachings
of his
organiza2ong9292
;4->1 I I". up 1-
Grouo Called
'1!
"Five Percenters,
City, July
Harlem,
29, 1905
APPENDIX
Racial Maiiers
3;
NATION OF
referred to Cult of
ma"
ISLAM, formerly
Muslim known as
H .
On May 7, 196%, a
July, 1956,
third source
advised MUHAMDAD
decided to
de~empnas1ze the
religious
aspects of the teachings of Islam and to stress the ecowow c benefits to be derived by those Negroes who joined the N61 This policy change, according to MUHAMMAD, would help him acquire additional followers and create more IDLEFESL *
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RACIAL MATTERSK uQ92 92 fr U , articles, n -r u 557! page 1, captioned gwingateWarne cf Negro Revet 1"n&TFf of the New fOPn ' ' V -'1;Program Is Curbed, and, 2 O/15/E5 edition
F;"?!TT"" EH .= i
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Enclosed herewith
Herald Tribune",
page 1
captioned "Harlem
'5 Percentere! -
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HARLEM, NYC, 5/31/55, RACIAL MATTERS, NYairte1 and LHMdnted caption; NYairtel and LHM5 ed 7/f5, above caption;
JYa1rte1
1an 4-0
New
Bureau
ABF
5e
NY 157~1#89
r .. .,_.~. C-;~-
E%~
cameo FIVE PERCEN'I ERS', trio, Z/29/65, RACIAL MATTERS. ; NYairtel and LHM dated B/?6/ 5, above caption;
NY1et and LEM dated9/20/B5, above caption{gu'!
The two enclosed articles deal primarily with
hes; we-2, i
F:-1|-
a speech
and subsequent
impromptu press
before the
conference given
eastern
Belmont
the Harlem
anti-poverty program known as Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited -Associated Community Teams HARYOU-AC 92. Both his handling of the program and that he is currently investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney*s
Federal authorities following charges
criticized for
i
F
w . -:"+ * ..-c .'J ' -I92I ~1i
unoer Ofriee
of fiscal
mismanagement Q_9292
In his speech and press conference, according 1 to these articles, WINGATE denied any fiscal wrongdoing and claimed the spending of certain monies on his part was necessary to avert racial violence in Harlem during
' I I
the past
summer. His
if anything
W 1" -E u i 1
av
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.I92' .
mysterious "armed" group of Negro youth who are "prepared HAHYOU-ACT was stopping this
Both articles
WINGATE referred
be racial
to a
to die in a struggle against white people. He refused to identify by name this group stating he feared for his life if he talked too much. He further implied that only
-.
indicated on this
was apparently
developed in an "independent
three weeksQ:f
investigation" during
the '
paper
past
. *
NY 157-1339
into the "Five Percenters" revealed that it was a Negro V youth street gang in Harlem that has been influenced by
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It
is
neted
that
prior
inveetigatien by
the
EYO
la
ff;
1% ,. 1' 1
,..-, .-
[- overtohee, of Mggg
9'1 1*.'hn921_crh '1 1-uunszfi on .
y _
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4!!
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and
4*
" 1_fQl;
':'G 1-::_!~H_V*llGiJLJ$A. D
it i
incarcerated
extensive psychi rie examinations of JOWARS, which had been ordered by the court. Inesnmch as the gang was composed of
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In view of the publicity of the "Five Percenters" the attached articles as a result of the WINGATE speech
particularly,
uutlined in
M . .1 4 .92 "11
'f
uni
:-.-- ~55 -
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TY
157-IHB9
are age
is
ercenters"
in NYC
ranging
that in there
Negr THe"geng"has
Madison Avenue disrupt classes,
from 12 to 21 Approximately 125 of them are centeeei Harlem, around the 120 series of streets, bounded by and Lenox Avenues The remaining 75 youths are sea fer r Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, with the most consent d the Fort Greene area of Brooklyn and the St Marys Par a of the Bronx The gang is responsible for numerous aults and muggings, chiefly aimed at whites on the fringe a of Harlem nowever, if the gang is unable to find a
they have
no reservtions
aiso caused
bout_ch0osing a
?e HeaI*6T
and have ass ulted some teachersC~ H e leaders of the "Five P centers {M
aseieted by
is undergoi
HOWELL, both
5 psychiatric
of wh
ABS/1/~'*
NY 157-M89
There are
no other
leaders of
the
@-
The gang
has no
meeting place
other than
the
F .- L *.92. ='r
'eddition zation of
e is that 85% of Negros are ca , e ncle Tome and the remaining_$.,_ which '_1}@_e;2;e.iear..;tn.e.xeaJ_.le Negggdpop e. The HEslim indoctrination they receive in
to the adoption of a Muslim the questions and answers name is the memoriput out by the N01
E 41
which NOI
name. This
originated with
members must
list of
learn before
was an
receiving their
answers appears
NOI member under the
"X"
to have obtained
. F,
questions and
JOWARS, who
name of
it when
he joined
the NOIQy92
he undoubtedly
1 .r -$
0|
-5
-,
- in
Ii--.
NY 157-l59
M3
,1
exception of
mentioned assaults
or However,
insofar as
the racial
situation is
gang members
concerned. Also,
of anti-white
the gggg
1,
officer occurred when an officer was attempting to make a disorderly conduct arrest on 7/29/65. See referenced airtel and letterhead memorandum dated 7/31/65.! No information has
been developed that money obtained from by gang members is turned over to any muggings and specific leader
hes_neyer engagedw;n any~re-meqgtateo attacks officers. The one incident involving sh"ssesa1t
assaults or
fund.Q9o92
92-
most publicity
arrested on
been
the
The 5/31/65, arrest of JOUARS, HOWELL four and others. See re NY airtels and letterhead memorandum dated 6/2/65 and 6/9/E5.!Q;q
making blotov
The 6/15/65,
cocktails. See
arrest of
NY airtel
eight gang
L
H.
and letterhead
In
6 -
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I
I
NY 157 1L
_ The 7/29/65, arrest of 17 gang members far disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. See NY airtel
and
_ escribed the
Five Perceenters" as
has found in
' In a teenage
View of e
the fact
that the
"Five Percenter
is
itse
In regard
that he is attempting
to the
remarks of
HINGAEE;1t appears
Pereentere and
ta utilize
the "Five
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rlem
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By fumes W. Sullivan V
H-n-III
s_l?
O! Th! Hr-Yul-6 Trib-II! Sin" An armed trout? oi Negro youuul in New York Cm: is hntmn District Attorney : "prepared on die" in n strugzle against white people, o ice and Federal l.l. lLhO1'1Li.'_Llmissmn Vv'1l'18Bl8lliter charges 0! ecal muexecutive managemenn. Mr Wlngne dlrecmr oi HAR.YOU~AC'1'. has been crltlzed about his iisid Fesierday. "They say: Either there ls conduct of the nntl-poverty change or well make Wane IJTOEFEHI. The police have declined to He mfuaed to mme mg release any information about look like n. Lea party. Mr. Wlngaus said The reference inovefnehi on the ground than the i,TOup s size. objesnivesor was to the Watts area of 1.-us 1: was too dangerous." bin makeup Deputy Commissionspoke of ii er Joseph Martin. Angeles. where 34 persons he apparenlly heacl oi Muslim-oriented ex- community relations. has said were killed in recent racial Black tremlsi youth group know:-. as the depsrzmem feared disorders I whiclz Mr. Wingate told the Na- the "Five Peroemers tional Urban League : eastern is active in Your at New 01-1;membership and add to ihil ve boroughs. 5 regzonel conference on por- Citfs virulence oi the group. ' _ The Police Department has crty. held an the BelmontPlam Hotel. that the kids been waging a quiet. war 0:1 CLIPPIN G FROM THE are armed and ream to move." Lhe group for several months. and that only his 1r:l;i-p<1v- our is spolceeoasn yesrerr-1.a_v mid there would be no comertr organization was $lD_pp1I1E -0 0 """ '~ " Mn Wingauie comthem. He called the mo-e~ menn on ments because the matter is qr mam "something more ominous than l.I1}'lhlI'l under investlsatlon. since The Herald Dionne has conszruczlon 1, HAHYOU-ACT is under in- been oonducmng an independt J ;f [JA ent investigation of the 9: vestlgltion by both the Manganimrlon for the pas: three I weeks. and has con rmed ne group's existence as well gr: aome details oi its B-clivlt1es_
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FOHI-.RDEfD or oitvlsroi; L4 BY
EQOTF C'=. J.-$.31?DIVISIOFE BY'~._1 TY
wagon ! lm*5
gen; ye
*Lion
PUBLICTIT
lTh@ vl
the streets
lpparenlly is ready is
Percenters' oup
widely know,
of Harlem,
11, wim
and
wmg
rl
plowed.pl-r 10
Mn $1? ml
equally feared.
penwrs Will GESK-F0? Q1! 93' the Ku Klux Klan and omer wmp fi p If to the Hitler ploluers Youth organization of the In those two veliitm . 50?"NEZIS They also are mmKeno Heats Ral h 31-1I923'1 IS Dlred to the Blood Brothers." mo Jackie Robinson are 111A eluded amotli the 10 D" w publicized last year a group as However, members of thr Of 400 Foutln trained to kill group said recently that the Wlqites Politic maintained 5 pet cent are the "kindly. the-re were only 25 in the rlghyous NOD32" who Iollou group. F Allah. ll! per con . are the tleaail also was a'e=other 1ollowe:~.= of Lslarr. and siggeo no st. Pamclrs Ca: to Lhe Chl7l5E and Cuban my 35 pi-T cent ITE the rest eciral dunng: the recon: viljzt Corr mumsts and to the group of humanitl of Poor Paul VI no New York conucted oi attempting no Cm because of a rumor mm drnnznile the Statue of ALLA5-' the F i92'e Porcenters vrryuld I-JbI'1-' and other national make ran attempt on his life omunents , at A mar. who calls him The onlyofficial age oien the Cathedral, the sources "Allal".. the Moslrir. word i hicb have prrv1ousl_92'said indAll soi.u'oe:; that memagree God. is lhE1E5dT.HE is mt! E itteo knowledge or in-lg bers. mostly youths from 13 groups existenceare Jithe "ens-rail? known as Elam Y8?-YE to 21 years of age, reYouth Board, which is E i92 E intensive training in I er. in jail since late Mu charged with controling and Hg5 manage followers are 192iu{'irn theology N51. B1 -gig breaking up youth gangs in tlorlalisrr. judo and karazl. New Yuri: City. and the Board Some add thai they are gmgs. name re-bombings of Educalion. which believes and sevrral other acne of l trained in garrotin OnllFive Percenters were involved violence. The? arr believed B0 I Wliroaze so far has main!in two assaulns. and onr telehave been involved in at least phone threat; or an assault. one homicide. all involving teachers at 151'. Wir.galse'a statement Junior High School 120 in yesterday: was one oi the men Harlem. public exprosslorir. of concern Harrison Llghtfool, deputy about the group and the rst executive dl! EC1;O!'1l'l charge of public statement that it has community services for the weapons. Yourh Board. said recently Generally. the Police Dethat the boards. workers are partrnent has ntteznpbed to not taking a direct interest in .<.92 keep it secret. I the Five Pencenters, but are Bu: ra1'Llcl11 omcers police concentrating in keeping in Harlem have been hrieflnlf 92 members of the supervised leaders of civil righas and gangs from joining ihe group, civic organizations on the It's something a like snore: group and have asked their society." he said. "The Youth co-operation in ghting what Dl$'l5i0F. of Police the Departthey describe Ls Ivery ment is workinz on it. howdangerous group. ever. and we don : want to get in the Police Departments 4 papers. the New York Couri r war." ~11-ad the Amsrerdam News. School officials complain 92 gyesterciar published I storlvs labour the menace posed by we Percenters. but of tieir l'18l.Sl6l'lCE thatstall teachers Q
Harlemites comparing
it to
caused at wave oi transfer no quests bi teachers in Harlem schools. Sources in the Police Department mid a special 21mar; detail was assigned to investigate the Five Percenten lam. summer beoause or Police Commissioner Vincent Brodericlijs concern about them.
tlij Five
fberlntendeni of
However. Daniel
Bcmelber.
Dlstnqt
Peroenters had
I, TRA.IP92'G
iggdm.-_,,@z*~l1r we *1
tally whine policemen; Bur rlemiizs maintain that eir hate ls direct/ed at both ihites and Negroes. lncludina lhelzr parents and Negro leadens. One polio: source said thew are about 200 members. I5 of them in Harlem. 75 in I-he Port Greene section of Brooklyn and a few dozen in the Bronx and Queens: but Negro leaders lmve been told in their briefings that more are 1,000 members organized into cells in every New York Cm h using project with a subLntial numbor oi Negro real lento. "= police source said U12? Cl rence Smith formed lift ar ago, short 15' after lane Malcolm 15 the was dropped ifrom Elliah Muhammad's Black Musliri movement mcl set up ms ox: :1 Black Nationalist groupThe source said the Five Percenters threw Molotr Qocktails into three Protestant churches in Harlem last summit. committed m1meiou< muggings and assaults on both Negroes and whites, and at-
names
given them
ornam-
_ _ _
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colm X. who 1-H up 1 nnl or... ; nntzation in the Muslims. was _'r..~ =. ' .>_ nnother Muslim. "F L.-._ killed. and .A-.1 who set up his own mosque in . 7 V the Bronx earl? this Year. WI-8 wounded B!" I Kunahor. Policemen believe thli 1 min who 1115 himself "Allan" . l! could not continue his organizguon in the Negro commumry without the melt lIJIJ 2"Dv1; of Lhe Blaol; Muslims Harlem residenos claim to -'..;e Five we Percemers ever! where. I can tell them by the was they look at. e store wind-': 'I'heF looking re not in lt.
Mal-
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QM-l,I<. BAIL
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saidmme. never heard' levers! earlier he The youthsW bed t:e ween mug ; 0
mixed roan: Trre h "mid" '1 had been Blood Brothers. and! store as 510 Claremont
Parkway said $1195 W!" mam
hers of
the Barbarian
Kri.izhl'-5."
the but The two 1'?-year-olds who noun. described themeelvee hf in , Bed them to
~ --'.leiliking at ii. like the! wam >1 -=-an --hues}: it." -- ~ .'The grouprst publicity ; .l__._.
ll.-' ."
V esbed. g ,1 On Sept. 18. Cedric Avery, -'15. who appeared. had in Pore:-' and an me City Bess" my 31 diner he led a crowd C-enter shortly before, was eestimetled an 150 person sci-0.55 play125m st, in Harlem. alleibdly <; stabbed to death on a 212 W. 129111 BL, mirsing motorists and police- l ground er in the S1. Nicholas Houses. men. beating a Negro mm where he lived. Police who with a six-fool pole, breaking charged Earl Green. 21, oi some snore Windows end. 27 ? W. 127th Sr. in the slaynally, ghting with two poing said Green bold them he licemen who ltnempued to had subbed young Avery question him. after he was attacked by the He and five of his followers youth and e. gang of other were charged with Ieloniolin boys. u-mull. ruining an-est. un> The dead boy's chest was lawful assembly and conspiroovered -with Muslzm medals. gcy. Smith L150 was charged Two youths who eald they with possession of marijuana. were Five Percenbers later Al their arraignment two Herald Tribune redays later. an estimated 150 l told a roun Avery was persons. 111051.13 ~i.ee1-lagers. ap- porter that a member oi their irroup. peared ll Criminal Court. A former Bl7Ilpl0_Vee ofrlhe causing police to semi 120 marl Youth Board said 1nmrm.92o the court, the largest detail ever assigned there. 1: .he Uune indicated the '1. Police oharged that Snllth lad declared: "we're ruin; no ltned the unpmvolzed murihe oops and all the whine le-~women and children. pq We'regoing Us lt_lr"t._l b bath now end. we drill : 11 L our shnre of poverty fin:-de. bk @111 am '~
Smith! mmze andOn! oi Clarence he in J-Bil ,. i'.1-ash'E.ven God. mm. 1; if ham is Christ, "3; God, hut. when
The Christians
Mr Winaane
and 'e.ri.erd.-&#
I | l
hem. Ans" attempt by police 1,. wt; dying o nthe cross. he f ii down. he said. wolllc said. Father. forgive them. lead to massive resistance." my my; mow not what the?-' Believe me, my commur.;:~ do. This means that he has is loaded with d}'Il31Tii!,:m 7 not God; his F ihl-?T B5he said, "Those kids don ; givQm-15; 1'35 5 prophet and the e damn. They will die--not 3: woo: cm. only Allah 15 oi them, but. enough of 9,1-leg; . "I've talked to p01i l! .Hhe bgyg Qgnlgd hill. ii ? herre scared. they know the acts. If I bell you too mucli. .1 taught karate or judo in
eenng that he did not Kilt? ho they are or where i2. l! j' are locaieci. but that he wm,;'.-
EM
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"Q-. 92.. _-1. t 5" ' :1. v7,.~~ :1. ' < -.:~.v~ 2. .4--w '-rift .. ._t. A ;; .7J; H rnn_ ,-,.. r.-V; 4' I .v~
ggtagpl called it an
=1 ?
Mr.
A1 one point, Mr. Wingate de-claimedt K211 Wingate if you land ynu lon't gver. a have preitense of stopping violence."
M54 1
wis we Magma Ca:-ta of pry i the said. but at ls now in danger ;o: heccm-lng a "fraud." ' "The Democratic Admi.niSh'a-
I
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<ia'rl~ge~r~
have com-
ibeen able "resist the clu 1.t11-lea" to of bath the city government and
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to touch
of Coir
tvlth u.=."
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Both the police and Harlem community leaders describe the Five Percenbers as a loosely knit group of _vout.h= ranging ,in afr from 13 L0 21. The group is mm to foilow many of thr p z~acLice<the _. , of Blark Ii-iuiIin"F. . . although iti i 3fillFii" i- lh
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they ideri iy with the power"" lessness of the Negm in the ghetto. and if you :-e not 52! The Baizimare Sun _ ing how to end that then 1~rou re The Worla: ___ not 6-'l.king:' U1eirl&ng'1.1BJ; 0_" During the summeriimth the The New Lauder police and Ol l'l1'l'l92JTi.Zllf92' leadrr-.= The Wall Street Jaurnc} met frequently: with the yoiiih to get their views and to seeThe Nl U0r a 1d'i_UbSEI VB:' . where they mould he hlped, PEt:pl;-5 World W Many W@?l"! taken into the HARYOU-AC1 summer pmDale _ grarn and given eniploynieni Others remsed jobs with the
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That E ened break Haryou-Act on 92 ll'So he refused even to give mittee issued report had i of churches l Decerrlber biggest since the l"ia11en $400,096 behind the name of the sinister or- tual elimination in pay~ .~< and Roman Cauiouc schools Korean War. lmenls," the director went on. l Agriculture Department anrent he was talking about 8] in Cumriuriisi Cuoa. i T0 Reid- {Rim Wm! P Sel"92'i< e' nounced at national allotment {wlio had been given "me M55 Committee w young Harlem I1-ZLE SYOUPI Civil job comof 6 million acres for the on its version of the gq the Five Percenl.ers.. met lmitments by a staff member. 1966 crop of upland cotton. House-passed Federal pay e Police Deoa.-amen: cunlMr. Vfingate said: I, reached S HEI}CLI"ID FOR TODAY rmed thai this group was rise bill. dad Look t-he money. 1 didn't Got. I5. 1965! THE HOUSE {give a continental what account jimder investigation. President Johnson convalit came from." <~' the Members group the Completed Congressional acof told escesat Bethesda Naval Hospgll gthey had adopted the| tion on a $4.3 Jaillion suppleThe agency has been criticized l-iuune "5 per centers" be-cause. mental public works. appropiml. lfor "comminglmg~" F'e:lera.l and 1 Senate meets at noon; 8-5per cent of Lhe Negroes are; priations bill: adjourned at x. 'city grants. House not Ln session. Ilike cattle. per cent are Uncle} 10 It would be "a lie" to suggest "T ms and we are the 5 per centl NASA o!imal.; on Gemini -any wrorigdoirlg. Mr. Wingate VI orbital mechanics an-:1 ren- said. The are not in arbook; l dZ92.'l'lll5 hold news conference; ,der_ he -EX]Jl92l.l'3Ed_ simply te2 P.M. . v-I involving payment of thunof Harlem youths. 2. proI ,.._ . that gave Harlem respite i ._-; lwg hot Hused eammen- when as ' '1 ..i .lboys say: Let em crack down. irorn a. threataied 5 isummer" of violence. we Wm t move. - "You thirik just because the t.erine<iiarj' between the DODGE; ' Mr. i '+. long hot ended and - . Andmt --Five pengentgr-5_" spread the B~dfr.rd- Wingate warned Ural it=_*1'1summer hashas begun rould the public continued to "]lSl. the autumn chill ;'- ; _ _l Ra mt, Stuyvesant section Brooklyii the sslnine. lying and di=-, that the tension is over." Mr. of to G" n5 _9 landto _Hocheste1midotherup-torted press" about Haryou- K:-t. Winga.te said, but our com. Mr. Wingrif-2 theniu*f'e~_-_jst:rte said cities. _ iii would have to rely on naked ,m1m1t~' with dynamite. is loaded mam was growing II 8Pld}* cometo you with a deep. guns" to contain Harlem. don't give a andum "thelid may blow nrrlmuch inirht in me. My I can see bloodshed Harlem I "These kids of ln rlamn. They are willing tn CIZQ. imelilioried. among others. Depu-'1 and then in Beciford-Sfruyvesant. I raiee my hand to God and 1" unpaid he had been meeting with ty "PerhapsHarry be "so ii Tav-l Chief Ixispemor called youi.1igh-levelpolice about say: Th2it swhat I believe a1a.nnis'L." he said. an omi- and then Rochemer and S_92'ra~ cuse will move." Mr. Vi-'lng=.te Vfingate said the idea Mr. want conflrrriation, you can callgnour movement" of youths pre said. i Yfor the emergen.-:;.' pi-o_-cram some key police officials: 1-Ie_pa.redt.o die. l 1_t_ ___.. _ _._ _..._.___ 1.-aurr, at uie new? Curifervzii-e was suggested To him i ii 53 Deaths Rrralled in another room. Mr. 92 l- mgalc by Senator Robert F. 7 Kenl said New York. lkm who he said had met wiih; There eitherbea _cha.nee that he had talked to mem- ne::l3 .Dern-tic'rat,ni will of .np;e5enmg,;v 51 mg mgve-lit! the situation." he said. or bers the group at the sir-irt of By July 1 the program had !TS mam} |you'1l seesomethingLl1a'Il the sumer and had found 4300 } U92lDgFU and a stair make Mr. said: , the deeply ' Inspector Taylor denied la.s!5.wa 5 10 like B 193 'PR1"3'- suspicious about Qf 50'-3. V -'in'.{ato "Id been warned by irielici; might um Harlem was on nit- tee A-'_&s to the New "Whitey" the white man! and wferrmg oi the while man's intentiom in Washington: Roy. ifs :-i-na=I~ v ge of racial violence "V- e.ri0is in the Kails ghetto or Los Birl regarding Ha.ryouA::L. e de- niinistmtive impossibility. I replied; turn lscribed part of the oon92'er%z92t.ion I can't down3 ; situation," killed last August. mill on. iii, Mr W tg told about Mi-mbei-= oi the movement as follows: So we ran Lhe program and "The kit said: Look. Win-
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he salri publicly that there was "an armed group mad!-' ll Whit: Tmhzrm to move" in Harlem and only HARYOU-ACT was stopping them. In the three weeks since In hm Tnchers: Mr. Wingnte made his starement, Police Commiasloner You slaw. You I1 die. Vincent Brncierick has refused of the Baird in mid-Owber. to con rm. deny or even distoL'muthe true God and will Board of cials have refused cuss 1t. His latest refusal was *.-orelease it er ti.1L;1 1;. Inn Friday. end the emlciu-morn. l Mr. Frey": report said that, HARYOU-ACT director LivThe report by Martin F're5'. l.'st pr'mc1pa.E of the school at ingston Wingabe is believed on 'm..df_;QZ,_,j h00l., repeatedly disMadison Ave. and 119th EL. to have been reierring to the classes was sent to several Olfzcmls Fzve Percemers Bent. 14:-hzr" I
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in-{and-1ubmitted I report. but crder to oontinue his lite, the refused to release it. report stated. Board oi Education sources Teachem st the school so! report was bethat the youths called non indicated the members Pork-eaters" and ing withheld because oi some oi the statements of opinion demanded to kn-oer during classes if their teachers st: in it. The reference may have pork. Teachers were told by been to an impassioned parathe Board of Education make notes of the outbursts. graph which termed the Five Percenter philosophy "diabolbut some of them. osoeciall icnl, said it was aimed at the Negro teachers Livifm in Harevery desirlem. were afraid oi revrlsals destruction of able institution" of Harlem. outside the s hooi. and accused the noun of The Five Percent/era lre oombinin: brainwashing and followers of s man nsm Clarence Puddlni Smith, terror. The report said that after who osils himself Allah. was killed other They are said to believe he is the youth threatened God. He has in jail Five Percehters non-members. since he was arrested in 1 violence to Several pork-esters" brought disturbance in early June. but the members insist that weapons from their homes to he still is God and that. its defend themselves on the way his followers, the? cannot be to school. They checked their weapons with the principal killed, . The report said that when when they arrived. The report added that the a 15-S'ear~o-id student snd undoubtedly member of the Five Percent. Five Percenters ers wee killed as he and have adult leaders and that there is evidence the group other members fought with and advise an adult on a playground in receives funds Bt. Nicholas Homes. his from outside the United friends shouted: Get up. States." You're not dead. We can'tThe report sold that the die." incidents came to an and The boy was dead. boo.-~ after the first two weeks of ever. and his friends. gave his school and that 14 arrests Muslim name to s recruit in had been made. -_.._._..,_
lzreed that the disorder. ad ceased. but said the lttltud s which caused them are still apparent in the Five Percenter students. They believe the end of the disorders was brought about by five-da:~' suspensions issued to students who insisted on being called by Muslim names. the l.i'I'E!.S and the stationing of it policeman at the school to patrol the halls. A board spokesman said there have been 12 to 15 arrests it the school this year. not all of them Five Percenters_ ten 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 ea? they believe the tZi'ouii> has become quiet in recent weeks because most oi its leaders have been arrested on one charge or another. but they my the group still exists and Qi1Ib'_h-ll.eve that new leaders are moving iri'u!r-lib.-~
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activity to determine if
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were respectively captioned "Hingate warns of Negro Haryou s Program Is Curbed" and "Harlem '5 Percenters Group Revealed . Wingate is the Executive Digg;_of
Unlimitedi ssocieted Community Teams HARYOU-ACT!. Both articles point out that wingate has been criticized for his handling of the program and that he is currently under investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney s Office and the Federal authorities
to these articles
denied any fiscal
Hingate,
wrongdoing
in his
speech and
that
the spending of certain monies on his part was necessary to avert racial violence in Harlem during the pest summer. Wingate's main theme was that if anything happened to HARYOU-ACTthere92would
definitely be racial violence. On this latter point, he referred
and claimed
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prepared to
to if he
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On October 15, 1965, e confidential source who has furnished reliable information in the past, advised that the "Five Peroenters is e particularly vicious type of e etreet
of Negro
youths who
a mysterious
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of indoctrination
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them. The gang is composed of approximately 200 youths in New York City ranging in age from 12 to 21. Approximately 125 of them are centered in the Eeriem section of New York City around the 120 series of streets bounded by Seventh and Lenox Avenues. The remainder are scattered throughout the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens with concentrations in the Fort Greene eree of Brooklyn end the Seint Mery'e Earn
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that tn
-0 iginal
leader of
indootrineted tneee
ideology with
youths in
the pereerteo
with four
in New York City has 31, 1965, gosh acourt incarcerated on May eostpone and ue are still ordered waiting tria which been to psychiatric examination of ' Following the /Ere. jailing of
arrested for
felonious eesault
Joware and
youthful "Five
Percentere"
Jowere and one wit "Hebeke", Howell Eugenggqggte, aka a male Negro age 22, assumed e leadershi op ition EEe "Five*Peroenters".
However, on August 29,
or one
1965, white
wee arrested
end is
for selling
merijueneto one
gang members
p1eaLy:3
ourrently eweiting
;
-2~
-I
aawem j 1 2
.
A characterization
of the
N01 is
attached hereto
and all
sources therein
have furnished
reliable
source advised
that on
i J
October 19, 1965, White was sentenced to two the Bronx County Supreme Court, New York, on
-0
chargeiye
maning of
On October
"Five Percent
15, 1965,
is that
this source
are cattle
who Just follow along, 10% are Uncle Toms while the remaining 5%, which they represent, are the real leaders of the Negro people. The Muslim type of indoctrination whieh they receive,
in addition to the adoption of a Muslim name, is of the questions and answers put out by the NOI new members must learn. This list of questions
I
appears to
under the
have originated
name of Clarenc
with Jowars,
lI Smith and
'
about
that the
"Five Percenters"
92 L
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have been responsible for numerous assaults and nuggings, chiefly aimed at whites on the fringe area of Harlem. However, if a
white victim no reservation
choosing a
Negro victim.
They have
also caused
a great
deal of
Junior High School number 120 at Street in Harlem, where they disrupt
classes, demand to be called by assaulted some teachers. Since and White they have no overall
each other in uslim type
their Muslim names and have the Jailing of Jowars, Howell leadership although they instruct
the practice of judo and
ideology and
karate. They
have no
meeting place
other than
the street,
school
weapons, there
is nothing
-3-
-'1
_i._
in garrotting
of arms to indicate
and
i J 92 4.
Although the
general attitude
is one of anti-white, there is no definite policy or program of violence against whites other than the above mentioned assaults and muggings. The gang has never engaged in any pre-meditated attack on a police officer and the one incident involving an assault of a police officer in which they were involved grew
that the
"Five Peroenters"
c 1
Incorporated g ml!, Action Movement RAM!, the IncorOrganization of Afro-Americanindividual Unity, porated OAAU ,Revolutionary arrested in or with1965Castroite the for attempting to blowup the Stat of Liberty, Cubans or Chinese Communistsjii,!
Characterizations of
are attached hereto and
are not
known to
have any
direct ties
with the
N61, Muslim
Mosque,
have furnished
._:92 4.
reliable information
in the
pas A.
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APPENDIX 1.
EU51_M9QEi_lN9R?@3$?D ll
Times," a
contained
The March 13, 196M edition of "The New York daily newspaper published in New York, New York,
an article
Nation of Islam N01! who brcke with the NOI on March 8, 196M, that he had formed the Muslim Mosque, Incorporated MMI
only, financed by voluntary contributions. announced in New York City on March 12, !
on page 20
which
indicated
of the
that
The MMI, according to the article, would be a broadly based politically oriented black nationalist movement for Negroes statement, MALCOLM urged Negroes to abandon the doctrine X of non-violence when it is necessary to defend themselves in the civil rights struggle, and he also suggested that in time of emergencies
In this public
5-
clubs to protect
in areas
wher
their
the government is
lives
and property
196a, with the Business Section, Clerk of Courts, New York County, New York, New York, reflect that the MMI was
on March 16,
the
the imparting
Corporation Law t
of the Islamic
Islamic principals.
contained
indicated
The May 23, 196R edition of the "New York Amsterdam News," a weekly Negro newspaper published in New York City,
an article
that he
by columnist JAMES
heard that
BOOKERin which he
by MALCOLM X
had
the
visit
with
Muslim leaders
during
his African
Foundation
of
New York!, 1
Riverside
the MMI are
of
-and
.-
APPENDIX 2.
that the
headquarters of
This confidential
source advised
in Suite
128
Hotel Theresa,
a-__:;92 ai '.
where they
headquarters arewas also OrganizationK shared the headed by sf Afr0with American Unity DAAU! which MALCOLM X
& MALBOLM
while addressing
were established
2090 Seventh
York New
York,
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an OAAU
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- ""?ive Pnrcenters
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1; APPENDIX
NATION OF ISLAM
has described
In January,
his organization
195?, a source
on a nationwide
advised ELIJAH
basis
MUHAMMAD
as the
source advised
of the Nation
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national headquarters
of Islam N01!; Muhammad's Temple of Islam Number 2, 5335 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, is the-
and other NOI officials, when referring to Muhammad's orgenizai on a nationwide basis, commenced using either Mosque or
The N01 is an all-Negro organization which was
of the
A -4
claims to have been selected by Allah, the Supreme Being, to lead the so-celled Negro race out of slavery in the wilderness of North America by establishing an independent
black nation
originally organized
-o_I'_, s...
because of
believe there is no such thing as a Negro; the so-called Negroes are slaves of the white recs; referred to as "white devils," in the United States; and the white race,
in the
United States
interpretation of
Members following
the Koran
andbe will
d that
its exploitation
of the
so-called Negroes,
must
In the
declar
ROI,
provisions of
including MUHAMMAD,
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Ststesi&92
had, upon
statements and
and have
source advised
his ministers
MUHAMMAD _
personal possible
advice of
legal counsel,
tempered his
concerning the
prosecution by
not indicate
principles of
his organization
any fundamental
the United
in order
to avoid
On May 3, 1965
a third
to be
E $ ;.
of the
teachings of
source advised
MUHAMMAD
who
those Negroes
>-
q.
rat
,,_.
"Y" L -_r_n
-~ ._
r-'pQ92-1| an fut!
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1. APPENDIX
GYGANIZATION or
.
AFRO-AMERICAN
On June
28, 1963,
1 V 92 _
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civil rights
formation of
Mosque, Incorporated
a new,
group to
be known as the
all Negro,
{MMI!, publicly
militant
and
Organization
and published
MALCOLM X at this African continent.
meeting indicates
African Unity
.a-' n..e _.: -
established by
spirit" of
African
the Organization
h ads
of States!
of
MALCOLM X at
is to can work
re
fa -57-I" --v _,r I ; Z
this meeting indicates that the aim eliminate differences between Negroes
of theOAaU so they
together for "human rights," while the initial objective is to "internationalize" the American civil rights movement by taking it to the United Nations. LITTLE condemned
the non-violent Negroes should
3'1 I E
'3:
social reformEk9292
On May 17, 1965,
that the headquarters of the UAAU are located quarters, Sui e 128, Hotel Theresa, 2099 7th
e confidential
source advised
_
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in MMI headAvenue,
the Audubon
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Ballroom,
21, 1965,
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2.; 1?
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QNITY, Wto9RPO3H
92 92 '1
advised
On April 13, 1965, a second confidential source that on March 26, 1965, the OAAU filed a Certificate
with the Department of State, State of
York, and henceforth the organizabe Organization of Afro-American
of Incorporation
_-_ -1 10vi J . .
Unity; Incorporated.Q~ 92
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1. APPENDIX
BuptUTlQNRY,aQTIQN MOVEMENT On November 3, 196k, a source made available a document entitled The Revolutionary Action Movement Manifesto,"
the document
individual kno
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having been
to
obtained
by the
of the
source from
Revolutionary Action
an
be a member
part, that
organized in
the revolutionary
by Afro-Americans
ROBERT F.
disclosed that
objectives of
This Manifesto
residing in
achieve the
United States,
of organized
the Afro-American
._ 92p_
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~-
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objectives, having
recognized the
need for
a "black
revolution"
world
one involving the struggles of the nonwhite races of the against exploitation and enslavement by the white capitalist
and imperialistnations{@oF}
august 28, issuance of Cuba, where
North Carolina, Prosecution for
be noted issued at
that on Charlotte,
the
To-V _ V.
this warrant, WILLIAMS fled the United he now publish a monthly newsletter 196M, advised
capitalist system
dedicated to
by violence if necessary, and to its replacement system oriented toward the Chinese communist Marxism-Leninism. RAM is entirely nonwhite
clandestine in nature, and owes its primary
allegiance to
the "Bandung
world," that
is, the
nonwhite races he
92 w H _.
learned recently
from an
RAM member
that the
largely under the impetus of the "Father" of RAM and referred -;Q '
to
w Pt e;c~;.te:. 1I
$u&m4 K;LcT;
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REVOLUTIONARY ACTION movenzur
as RAM's "Black Stalin." FREEMAN served as RAM Chairmen, with MAXWELL STANFORD, now of New York City, formerly of
-Q
'
May, 1965,
for RAM directed the
formal headquarters,
but that
headquarters
have been
'=f..'= al-0-'_ L 3 .5
has played
in the
leadership of
months, according
become evident
second source,
dissatisfaction
arisen. So
fr
as is
known, how-
is currently
States east
MississiPPi River
attempt ng
to recruit
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previouaiy carried
10/19/E5, and
t;
L@u1e letter
the Bureau
dated 9/1?/B5,
and
I
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be
30 man
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a memorandum
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ll
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"Possible Racial
.sources
and December, 1965, numerous confidential activities in the New York City
Mosque, Incorporated
matters advised that
?
' nationalist,
MHZ!, Organization Afro-American mtters, of Revolutionary Action Movement RAM!, Unity, IncorporatedAAU!,/ racial black ;
Chinese Communist
with the
below exception
they knew
f no
link between
the Fivg
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down ading
dec sification
and
This document
contains neither
recommendations nor
conclusions of
FBI.
It is
the property
of the
FBI and
is loaned
to your
agency;
the
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Five Percenters
to this
Party WWP!, 831 Main Street, Buffalo, New York on August 4, 196%. According
article Jones urged Negroes
from "the disassociete themselves
to stop
of
American
life", to
Jobs, to Negro
the
done nothing
predicted that
racial strife
in the
worse. He
nation would
was further
grow increasingly
quoted in
article as
stating: "I
am in
trouble
because I d tell any son of mine not to fight in any of these silly were going on and I'd tell my children to deep e everything this country stands
for.%J92 c
Characterizations of
/i
the FPCC and the
of the or 0
matters advised that they knew nothing concerning any planned or rumored violence or disturbance by the Five Percenters
l955 *--92 l,
or to
develop any
mm, W 197$
trouble
tion that
on this or any
the Five
other specific da
had pleps
to cause
A sources herein have furhished reliable I!H! info Eiii ' cons EN"I IAL
_ 2 -jai
.o
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L
Y1-in Bureaus!
'
Times" newspaper
advertisement
race!, Ihie
FPCC in
advertise-
ment announced
the formation
City
and declared
about revoluticna
the FPCC
to promulgate
neutralize the
"the truth
The New
York Times"
edition of
January
ll,
1961, reported
United States
that
at a hearing
conducted before
Security Subcommittee of the
the
on FPCC. He
Senate Internal
January l0,
$l o . ~ 1 __-1. __~
1961, Dr,
CHARLES5AN$O-BUCH Ac
identified
himself and
mentioned advertisement.%ie 3
I
also testified he and TABER obtained Government which were ap ied toward 5 On May 16,
the first two years
1963,
of the
a source
advised
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struggle between communist Party CP! and Socialist workers Barty SW?! elements to exert their power within the FPCC
and thereby during the influence FPCC pglicy. This source added that past year there had been a successful effor by
to minimize the role of these and other FPCC leadership
3. ....3 i-_-.~-1. Q-
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organizations in
the FPCC
so that their
influence as
of
_
1
;
Director, was
that
then
1
1
had indicated
had no
intention of
any other
permitting FPCC
organization. This
policy
to be
determined by of
source atated
believed
and should
diplomatic relations between Cuba United Staten and the 1 a ppo the right of Cubans to manage their ; revolution uicnce interierence iron other nations, 1 lEE did not advocate supporting revolution per the Cuban aging?
that the
FPCC should
advocate resumption
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Aa
that Senator
Senate Internal
It
is tc
be noted
Security
newspaper
edition of
stated that
to go
out of
business and
that
attributed to
American
public opinion,
elesed FPCC
=; .- t !.~~ ,t
financing by
the 162
Congressional hearings
the bad publicity which the FPCC received of activities on 1ts,behe1f by auspected
which die
LEE hadireeently
mentione r
plane to
remarked
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The March 13, 196%, edition of "The New York daily newspaper published in New York, New York, en ertiele on page 26 which indicated that
"lllillu l!i
of the Nation MMI!.
Times", e eonteineo
L ".. I . 4;
of Islam N01! who broke with the no: on March B, 196%, publicly announcedin NewYork City on March 12, 1963, that
to the article, would be a broadly
movement for black nationalist Negroes, only,
based politically
The MEI,
financed by voluntary contributions, In this public statement, MALCOLM urged Negroes to abandon the doctrine X of non~ violence when it is necessary to defend tnemeelvee in the civil rights struggle, and he also suggested that Negroes form rifle clubs to protect their lives and property in time or emergencies in areas where the government is unable or
on March
16,
of Courts,
the
New York
MMI was
-er-=
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no
ioeorporated under the Religious Sorporetioo lee of the State of New York to work for the imparting of the Islamic Faith
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The principal
located
The May 23, 196b, edition or the New York Amsterdam Hews , a weekly Negro newspaper published in New York City,
he with
Muslim leaders
in
during
hie
his
African
become soft
anti-white
feelings
rellgiOUs{&;;92
the MI is apparently affiliated
L
sourie advised
with the'true orthodox 92
Islamic throughide Drive, NewYork Cit , E ia g Religionits affiliation Islamic A_ with the Foundation of NewYork!, 1 River
that
' av
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1: ,live
Inrenntnan
Q.
source advised
in Suite
128,
Hotel Theresa,
York, New
York,
where they
were established
shared with
on March
16, 1963,
These
01 giro-America
headquarters are
the Grganizaiion
on February
21, 1965,
Audubon Ballreom,
!!l
5 ' the latter part of July, 1965, when they were discontinued.
f Since then, the MMI has held no meetings and there has been
'9292
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the death
of MALCOLM
X were
the activities
limited to
of the
the teaching
MMI following
of
MMI which
appears
ts be
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as the 2,
is the
ELIJAH MUHAMMAD
has described
his organization
on a
nationwide bssis
source advised
of the Nation
ELIJAH MUHAMMAD
is the
of Islam
5335 South
N01!; Muhammed s
Greenwood Avenue,
Temple of
Islam Number
national headquarters
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and other N01 officials, when referring to Muhsmmsd s_organiza' on s nationwide basis, commenced using either Mosque or The ROI originally organized
claims to to lead have been the socalled
of the
NOI; and
Chicago, Illinois,
in mid-1960
Muhammad
believe
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wilderness of North America by establishing an independent black nation in the United States Members following MUHAMMAD's teachings his and interpretation of the Koran
there is no
such thing
as a
Negro; the
sogcalled
toas
Negroes are
white devils, because of
slaves of
in the its exploitation
the white
recs_ referred
it U?
In the past, officials and members of the NOI, including MUHAMMAD, have refused to register under the provisions of the Selective Service Acts and have declare hat members owe no allegiance to the United
I-
StatesXi;E92
had, upon
statements and
On Hey 5, l95B,the
advice of
instructions to
first source
his ministers
advised MUHAMMAD
concerning the
legal counsel,
tempered his
personal
his organization5:92
On May 3, 1965
his organization in order to avoid possible by the United States Government; however, he did any fundamental changes in the teachings of s third source
mm to do-emphasisethe
advised MU Islam and to stress by those Negroes who
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AFRO-AMERICAN __
URGANIZATIGH GF
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all Negro, militant
of Itfrc-American
F! 1.
civil rights
Unity QAAU!,
was made
to be
with himselit
a public
known as the
as Chairman.
Organization
HMI in
This announcement
end 165th
rally held
Street,
by the
. .,
in the
that
it
western Hemisphere,
on the
shall include
as well
as "our"
of African
It
brothers
is patterned
descent
and sisters
African continent.
African Unity esteblisnee {by African needs of States} at Addie Abeba, Ethiopia, in May, 1963. .92 e
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after the
"letter and
spirit" of
the Organization
of
E,
A recording of the remarks of MALCOLM X t this meeting indicates that the aim of the OAAU is to eliminate differences between Negroes so they can work together for "human rights," while the initial objective
is to
,, is ale -
"internationalize" the
American civil
rights move-
ment by
taking it
to the
United Nations.
LITTLE condemned
Negroes should be taught to protect themselves, when and if necessary. The OAAU will sponsor a program for Negroes of ed'cation, politics, culture, economics, and
that the
headquarters of
a confidential
source advised
in MMI heed-
MALCOFNwas X
assassinated on
February 21,
1965, '
c1ty@
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ORGANIZQTION OF AFRO-AMERICA.N
1955, e
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a Certificate State of
source
<'1
t1an s true
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name will
York, and
be Organization
of AfrO~American
organiza-
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a Manifesto,"
an
having been
to be
obtained by
a member of the
the source
from
Movement RAM!?E:92
This document stated, in
Revolutionary Action
part, that
organized in
the revolutionary
by Afro-Americans
ROBERT F.
disclosed that
objectives of
This Manifesto
residing in
achieve the
United states.
of organized
the Afro-American
its program to one of education and political revolution and the organization of a "black" political party with revolutionary
objectives, having
recognized the
need for
a "black
revolution
one involving
~.";
the struggles
of the
nonwhite races
by the
of the
world
against exploitation
be noted Flight to
August 28,
North Carolina,
1961, a
Federal warrant
was issued
at Charlotte,
Avoid
charging him
with Unlawful
1: I i
publish s
a monthly
newsletter entitled
1963, advised
RAM is
in the
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dedicated to
-~.
United States, by violence if necessary, by a socialistic system oriented toward interpretation of Marxism-Leninism. RAM
in membership, clandestine in nature, and
allegiance to
the "Bandung
World," that
is, the
nonwhite races he of
s second
source advised
the organization
member that
began in
Detroit, Michigan,
the "Father"
largely under
the impetus
to
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"Black Stalin."
FREEMAN served
as RAM
Chairman,
York City,
fcrmerly of
"
formal headquarters,
to the
and some
second source,
dissatisfaction
-1- ,> 1.
dissension within
RAM has
leader of sAm19292
the second
sf the
arisen. So
far
as is
known, how~
To date.
according to
States east
endimembership in several of
active in attempting to
source in
May, 1955,
1 hlssissippi Rtver
the larger
4 d
an
,_.i..' :-
the organization
is currently
recruit
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on February group under
j
source advised that
llise
12, 1959, e Socialist workers Party SW?! minority the leadership of National Committee member,
this minority group, referred
E. F -.
to as the Maroyites, after many years of program and policy differences on varied iesuee oonoerning teotioe and interpretation of political events, split from the SW? on the grounds that the Party was liquidating itself by departing from the Marxist precepts of LEON TROTSKY and retreating from
the fight
T
for the
world sooieliet
revolution. The
final
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issue which ultimately forced the split was opposition to the SWP regroupment policy
co-
operation with
the communist
Party :3?!
periphery-11- ividusl
The minority
of the
progrem, according
soviet Union
to source,
and has
as its
eivooeted
Party,
which maintains
second source
headquarters at
the People s
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wears his
l?O pounds,
dark brown
the fact
that the
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