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5percent — Part 1
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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.
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