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> ns Disturbance By Group Called "Five Percenters", Harlem, 7 New York City, July 29, 1965 } Cc tat ¥ , wart Fe Concerning the Fiver Percenters, “ ead Bureau of Special Service, New York OL a ment, on June 7, 1965, described this group as’ follows {uy 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 out around New York City Public -.Sechool Number 68 located at 127 West 127th Street{uy These youths are typical of the numerous street type gangs that exist in Harlem except that they have been influenced by 4n individual who refers to himself as "Allah" and has ingoctrinated them in the disterbed Muslim teachings of Nation of Islam (NOI) leader Elijih Muhammad (Ww) “A characterization of the NOI is attached and all sources therin have furnished reliable information in the past AW) This "Allah" is the recognized leader of the "Five Perscesters" and was one of the six arrested on May 31, 1965 by the New York City Police Department. He has been identified as Clarence 13X Smith of 21 West 112th Street, New York City, apartment 5E. Although at the time of his arrest he denied being an NOI member at present, he is known to have been a member in the past where he received his "X name". He is unemployed and spends his time hanging around the above- mentioned area where he contacts and indoctrinates the youth of the area CO.) -2-