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the five percent of Muslims who smoke and drink.
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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.
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ENCLOSURE
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