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Clarence 13X

Clarence Smith

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of CLARENCE SMITH
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to
Bureau dated

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cmour CALLED FIVE


NYa1rtel to

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CALLED FIVE
NYairte1 to

PERCENTERS,

OF?ICIL3VIIZLYITUT my
6/9/65 captioned "DISTURBANCE HARLEM, mrc, 5/31/65, mom

6/2/65 "DISTURBANCE datedHARLEM, eeiii-IiBF"&#39;, mrc, 65, mom.

MATTERS",u
Bureau dated

BY GROUP CALLED FIVE MATTERS".u


NYairte1 to

PERCENTERS,
Bureau dated

BY GROUP CALLED FIVE MATTERS".u

PERCENTERS,

6/22/65 captioned "DIS&#39;IURBANCE HARLEM, urc, 5/31/65, RACIAL

HARLEM, NYC, 5/31/65, mom


St. Louis
NY1et to

7/9/65 captioned "DISTURBANCE &#3


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letter to Bureau dated
Bureau dated 10/15/65 captioned
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"DISTURBANCE
apnea: below

10/22/65.
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This report
of the information cotained

is classified&#39;7Confidential
therein from I! 2-l

because
through -

NY T-5 who are informants furnishing information of value and whose effectiveness could be impaired if information is revealed and would thereby have an

effect on the

national securitmyk!
noted that

continuing this &#39; , adversej

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all of

It is

information concerning

the -

determined toofa be seditious,anarchistic or revolutionary I


na ure.a 0

NOI affairs attended by in this report inasmuch

the subject are not set out as many of these affairs could

in detail not be

the "Five Percenters" revealed that it was


gang in Harlem that had been influenced

It is

noted that

prior investigation

a Negro youth street


EDWARD SMITH

by the

NYC into

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by CLARENCE

aka,a former
influence these
form of Muslim

ROI member who called


youths became
ideology with

himself "Allah".
in the

Under his
perverted NOI

;
,
A

indoctrinated
anti-white racial

overtones. Many

of these

revealed that they were not membersor of


N01, MMI or the OAAU. Inasmuch

youths

have adopted

Muslim names as the gang

although investigation

affiliated with
investigation

was composed

of

the
of

teenagers without
headquarters, the

any rad

the group since

they represente d a local police


BSS The llults o

NYO conducted

overall organizational
no extensive

setup or

5
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problem.;. %:
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of this report on the

ferred with

i
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specific request
be disseminated Because of outs view of the

hat none
information,

of the

information

of the.continuing

extensive investigation
the nature

by the IIOPD into the five


BSS could

Percenters". ,
not be

concealed"T"some branch of itthe IYCPD. a by symbol withoutapparentthe I/if being that concealed sourc s Ihe information ~

obtained by SA euringthe above conferencefollo92_rl? as is .r-,,-&#39;2& It - ,1 g ~ -1 &#39; .,,*.~ &#39;; "

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extensive investigation
the waylornnaierens

The IIYCPD is continuing conduct to a full-tine,C0NHm~NT


ot_the Five Percenters" which includes
and a-es"ts"tor;"Ibsa.uil.tsj "nnggiq

succeeded detering-jt_h_e_astivity__et the and opened in gang has

e _ lees ?=1.ii3 1? sensvecoveage &#39;&#39;1I; s.""t oi? ."-2&#39; ""

"*1J~2~&#39;;!!1=i=s.!=he=s=I .,>_;_..I*!+P&#39;>~=9&#39; .. are approxiaataly.,2O0 ripe-Peroenters in IIC, ranging in age from l2 t-lpproxinately 1.25 of than are centered in Harlem, Queens. Ihe

&#39; I!C1_&#39;D i&#39;n&#39;vestigati3ii&#39;A&#39;has __*.|he fdeterained that there

and the gang is are scattered Bronx, and and ;-filling 75 -over lrooklyn responsible for numerous assaults
ained at whites on the fringe area or Harlem.

nggings, chiefly

However, if the gang is unable to find a white victim they have no reservations about choosing a Negro victin. The gang has also caused a great deal of trouble in schools where they have disrupted classes, demanded to be celled by their Muslin name and have assaulted some teachers. n -

EDWARD SMI&#39;S.I-I who is incarcerated and underoing psychiatric


examination. He
13X or &#39;Puddin". w

the leader

oi the

"Five Percenters"

was CLARENCE

is knarn

to gang

nenbers as

Allah, Clarence

The gang has no neeting place


school yard and public parks. ,,_

other than

the street, 85

The current

meaning of

"Five Percent

is that

percent of Negroes are cattle, l0 percent are Uncle Tons and the remaining 5 percent, which they are, are the real leaders of the Negro people. The Muslin indoctrination they receive in addition to the adoption of a Muslim name is the memori-

SMJ."1&#39;H who was an

list or

ROI membersmust learn before receiving


questions and
ROI nenber

zation of

the questions

and answers put out


under the

answers appears obtained it

name or

to have

their X

by the

CLARENCE l3X

originated with

name. This

N01 which

BHIBH, and he undoubted];

when he,joined
developed no

the I01.
tie or

the OMU.
that the in Harlem.

relationship by
M _

The IICPD

the Five

investigation has

&#39;

Percenters"_ with the IOI,

I041 or

the investigation has developed nothing to indicate gang is armed or has a cache of arms and weapons stored Undoubtedly sone oi the members have weapons or
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guns, but

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of wholesale

homemade-type zip

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&#39;j"!lVQ-IQTQIQ as a;partieilaily_gicious ersin thieflnslin

> nent&#39;!-Peed

has training in garrotting

arming or the gang.

There is also nothing

there is

no evidence

CONFID TIAL

or hand to&#39;hand killing methods.14


overtone a

to indicate

the gang

above, described the1L&#39;9 &#39;


type of street
mysterious type

&#39; and identitythen._ f


the "Five leader is

or ideo1og{.tbst seesm&#39;tovery than. to control and inspire Consequently, unite the IYCPD following their activities closely
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As pointed out_in referenced I! airtel dated 10/18/65, ?ercenters is a teenage Iegro street gang. Its currently incarcerated and the IYCPD is conducting
investigation of

an extensive

feels that the

"Five Percenters"

the gang.

represent a local

Therefore, the

police

KYO

problem and no investigation is being conducted.v.

or the

"Five Percenters"

itself

Bureau end being prepared for the IYO for US Secret Service upon Bureau authorization.u

One extra copy

or this

report is

dissemination to -

being furnished

the

included on the Security


INFORMANTS iii-in Identi 1 ty

FD 122 is being

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submitted recommending
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of subject"s

AT NEW YORK, NEW YORK. will await Bureau


inclusion on the SI. v.

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2. Upon approval of subject&#39;s inclusion-onSI, the


one copy of instant report and photograph of

subject to Secret US Service, NYC./,_


3. Will

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State of NY, location of subject: incarceration and attempt


to place stop should subject be released.

determine from Department of Mental Hygiene,

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The information furnishedherewithconcerns individual whois believed be an to


covered by the agreementbetweenthe l-Bl and Secret Service concerning Presidential protection. and to fall within the category or categories checked.

1. Q Has attempted threatened or bodily harmto any government official or employee,


including foreign governmentofficials residing in or planning an imminentvisit to the
U. 8.. because of his official status. &#39;-

2. Q Has attempted or threatened to redress a grievance against any public


than legal means. &#39;

official by other

3. QBecause of backgroundis potentially dangerous;or has been identified as member or participant in communist movement; has or been under active investigation as member
of other group or organization inimical to U. S. 4. Q U. S. citizens&#39;or residents who defect from the U. S. to countries in the Soviet or Chinese Communist blocs and return.
criteria:

QQ

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5. Q Subversives, ultrarightists. racists and fascists who meet one or moreof the following
a! Q Evidence of emotional instability including unstable residence and employment record! or irrational or suicidal behavior:

bl Q Expressions of strong or violent anti-U. S. sentiment; cl [1 Prior acts including arrests or convictions! or conduct or statements

indicating a propensity violenceandantipathytowardgood for order


and government.

6. Q bdividuals involvedin illegal bombing illegal bomb-making. or

Photograph hasbeen Q furnished enclosed is notavailable If Q


Q may be available tbrougb 7

Very truly yours.

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MATTER-NATIONOF ISLAM
Va. last resihd 21 west 112th Street, NYC and
was Earth

$v~=P&#39;**= cmnsncz nnwmn SMITH, Negro male, born 2/28/28


and last

currently in custody NY State Department of Mental Hygiene for indefinite confinement. SMITH currently unemployed co., 1087 Union
known oyment

,NY.

Painters Improvement
record set

SMITH servedin US
ah" for

pf, smnn,
assault, conspiracy youth gang called "Five confinement. Arrest
of NY State Department of

with deadly weapon; disorderly conduct, as leader of Negro


Percenters". SMITH
Mental Hygiene

to commit same, resisting record set

arrest, assault

FBI1426 # 22oF, felonious

out.

of NOI Mosque #7,NYC and attended NOI affairs from 9/1/61 through 3/23/65. NOI activity set out. Description set
out.

out. SMITH reportedly member

for indefinite

remanded custody

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On November Mrs. ELVA 22, 1965, LIONS, Receptionist,
Statistics, Richmond, Virginia, of the Federal Bureau advised of Investigation FBI!

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Number is-Certificate Number 9 in reflects 1A, smn, Negro which Volume , crmnsncs mum !&#39 male was born
B. Residence

In January, SMITH, Negro born February1952, CLARENCE a Street, 22, 1928, resided215 Nest at 134th male, New York, New York. V In-L
_. Center MPRC!,
1 he Army service records on at the M1111 rile

Q c ts 196}x41 ,1965 A review on October 11!, &#39;


United State

On June City PoliceBureau" or &#39; , ,qC/ special York partment b IIYCPD


advised SA that CLARENCE also known 13! SMITH,
can

New u York. &#39;

retlectcd that CLARENCEDWARD 1926, United 21Nunberazslg 51 22, States at Iest_11 SIITH,York, < Arum He 1&#39;0as -or _Seria1 h treet, September, 1960, resided New
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St. Louis, Missouri, by It

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as "Allah",
er e er

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at 21 Vest 112th Street, New York,
r -e ve.

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who resides
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"ass, I!CPD,.advised 1965, GLAREIJE -131 the


NICPD since lay 31

November as
,k,
confinement; "

-v

the New York -State

> , custody of -the


.

L/ ,1

Supreme Court, New


for

custody of

an indefinite

the New York State

Department of

and was remanded to the


Mental bgiene
_~~

C.Emplogent

was, as

Improvement Company,10 7 Union

of September, 62, employed by Earth Painters 1 the


Street, Brooklyn,

CLARENCE SMIIH_ Negro male,

born February

22, 1926,

_New York.v.

NYCPD, advised 21 Nest 112th

On SA &#39;

,igesja WU L Lggs,
H of , was employed the

Earth Painters
New York. v,

Improvement Company,1087 Union Street, Brooklyn,

who resided

at employed. e. 21

NYCPD, advised
.

New York

~10! BX SMITH
City, was un-

ass, bk/

on charges

of a Harlem

of unlawful

street gang

custody of assembly and

known as

the Five

since May 31, 1965, as being the ringleader

that cnnsncs13x suxmn,


Percenters", appeared

NYCPD advised

SA

Department of Mental Hygiene foran indefinite


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in New York State Supreme Court, New York City on November lb, 1965, and was remanded to the custody of the New York State

confinement.

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_D. Military Service


U .811. Louis, qissouri,
of the lI. United, States _ at Camp Kilner, Iew

A on October review lll, 1965, by I


Army service -rec

COM:
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r&#39;Iero~aa1e,=&#39;=ho.v:n.&#39;Ieb ~ States any 207-085 yin-inhcttddinto States I51 the 4-United United
-tron active duty on Llsult, gl,
SMITH servied in the

indicated, that

UIARBICE

Army omoetoberIewjtork. "8138 was 30, ;l,_952"p, eliterpd active _1y released on dug on the sane -datepat law Ierk, " honor
Jersey. pad transferred to
United States

-1954, as a Private First "Glass


the United
Army Reserve

MW Reserveto conple:e4__!_;i,!92gilita.r-_y obligation.9 .. .


at which time he was honorably disclrged. t.

States

inactive status, from August 1954to September 1950, 22, 30,


was awarded SMITH had foreign service in Japan and Korea and Korean Service Medal with one Bronze Service Star,
Unit Citation

epublic of Service Medal. Nations Service and Korea!, United Medal the tional Defense v92 . .
His character
unknown to excellent and

Combat Infantryman&#39;s Badge, Presidential

and efficiency
there is

ratings ranged

from

not record

of court-martials

or absence without official


dated August MPRC records 21, 1952,

leave AwoL!.,,,
of Medical Examination SMITH was treated for

contained Report which indicated

syphilis in
were shown.

1949, at
4 Records of

Harlem Hospital.
DBO further

Io further

details
was treated

September 25,

for "Dx 0360 Chancroid genital, ew! P1-oven wsmea:-7 on


1953, with disposition shown as "Performing

indicated SMITH

duty .

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E. Iarital

Status
on b October that married I

, St. Louis, Missouri,as reviewed

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Division-of-" the federal Bureau FBI n.~c.on Iovenbsr 1965,of Investigationsuatscn mmm 12, men reflecteithat , Isshington,
SMITH, FBI lumber #26220 t, has the following record: in the
files of the FBI Identification Division:
Heine and Arrested or

&#39; gnformation Ia.-s reeeiisd

the Identification

_&#39;in_ge1-prints Number Beceived Charge


Arm! Clarence
Edward Smith
US 51207085

Contributor of

Dispositi
.

10/30/52

PD, mrmy

Allah 5/31/65 #B6l2230 officer

! fel
aslt

boarddis-con ! /4
with street traffic in front of the Hotel Theresa, 2090 Seventh Avenue, Iew York City. when told to move on by two police officers, these six Iegroeaales turned on the officers, called
on bystanders
six Negro

E 1851 PL resist arr 580 PL conap 5 189;PL 6 foot


an

on complainant

A on ! fel

advised S
to attack

B8 IIYCPD, L&#39;9
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and anti-policeinvectives. 14
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the officers,

and shouted antiwhite

Iegro

a.dvissd

denied being the Ietion Islamindividuus Muslim members of of $101! the or Mosque, -Incorporated IIMI!. lowever, someo these

of these individuals

had lanolin type names or aliases,


of the IDI. These six

1 the

IIICPD. &#39;-Re informed that-all

that six of I[IV 111 these


but all
Iegro

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males claimed

appeared to have some knowledge

to members the Five Percenters", which be of _


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meant the

rive per

cent or

Muslims who

smoke

CONH NTIAL

Negro

niea that
es o was

arres ecvidentiried

himself

armor qr shove the


as Allah ,

a Negro male helieved were arrested

Allah was ringleader fthe the pr mire "six Negro males who
and was the selrdprowlaimed
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to be identical to

QLARENE 13X SMITH. the "rive

Percenters". Allah

was assigned NYCPD lumber B 612230. K


Q I

leader or

with felon arrest, assault


possession of

_ advised that to commit same, was Allah charged , spiracy resisting


with a deadly weapon,
cigarette and

disorderly conduct,
malicious mischisf.u

a marijuana

gnddwas incarcerated in New York, York, in of$9,500.00 New lieu L3 mrcrn,


on .M&#39;

on June

intomed ,,
id identical

an Felony

um New York, arr!-1-shed "mm" was York, Court, New


B 612230
#0 CLARENCE 13X SMITH.
BSS IYCPD

advised SA

had been
advised SA SMITH

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in New

York Supreme

Court, Part

Hospital, Yo

30 Felony

New York,
rk

York, and t or psychiatric

was committed

to Bellevue

C/

City,

examination.

,on various dates from June l9b5through October 25, 27,


At each appearance SMITH Hosp ty, was remanded tadditi or on to the custody of al chiatric pay
SMITH was

New York Supreme Court

Istern, advised sip Blbtr 4; J>92-IQ,CLARENCE 13Xh 51159 SMITH


Part 30 Felony!, New York

next scheduled

examinations. further

and would be comted to a mental institution., u

1965, and that the Judge of the above court had stated that in all probability, SMITH would be adjudged criminally insane

e above

court on November 16,

advised that

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1965. -st-nines 13:


-e

advised an

c arg&#39;

s I.-&#39;

e same

a e

bepartnento !ental&#39;IUg1ene.!or.an-indefiniteeonrinenant.u !ork Supreme Court,


to be nsde of the records County, New Ibrk, Iew!ork.

*0n December 3, l9658A

to understand the charges against him", and was remanded to the custody of the Commissioner or Mental Hygiene of the Department
of Mental
confinement. .

November 16,1965, CLARENCE SMITH, 13X also known "Allah", as appeared in Part 30 Felony! of above court, was found "unable
Hygiene for the State of New York for an indefinite
-

or the Ihis search

caused

a search

Court, New that on

York

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II. AFFILIATION WITH THE


Characterizations of

NATION OF ISLAM NOIL


the NOI, NDI Mosque

Number7, Fruitof Islam # FOI!, Muslim nMET!, Muslim Mosque, Incorporated MMEQ and the Organization of Afro-American Uni sect QOAAU! y, Appendix Incorporated are contained in the on of
Girls Tra
this report.a The New York, New York Branch of the NOI is known

as Mosque #7 located
York. However,

at 102 West 116th


was destroyed

Street, New
by tire

York, New
on February 23,

1965. There

are three
itntified as:

this Iosque

meeting places for Mosque #7 which are


105-03 Northern

New York,known asMosque #71!. a .


5. Attendance
CLARENCE 13X n various was observed dates from

New York, Mosque120 Madison Brooklyn, known as $ZB; Street, New York, known as Mosque C; and 878 Frospect Avenue, Bronx,
.
at !DI_Meet_i3_z_g I
tNOI Mosque #7,

located and

Boulevard, Queens,

_ _

~ 92}_

u
"D.

T92Hh_

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-n various dates from

at losque #7, l02

I ork,

NFu<
g"?

.. .&#39;. M Li.&#39;. L ,&#39; -&#39; &#39;&#39; . &#39;_" &#39; I L

Wyandanch, Long

meeting held

on

Izandanche .Community Center, " .X


61!

in attendance

[III .Ji1&;a
at an ICI

meeting held at on
West 3 th Street,

CLARE ved
. u!

in attendance at an no:

Manhattan Center, 311

CLAREN

at two

NOI

meetings held

on

#70, 120

Madison

at N01 Mosque

a At

N01 Mosque #7, 102

an meeting ROI held on


west ll th ,
13X was in attendance,
aid that

at

which CLARENCE

ork, in
when the

so-celled Negroes think or the white wicked then they think of the white nan as being a beast. He said there are some good characteristics in the white nan and also in
a beast. He stated that the Honorable ELIJAH MUHAMMAD has

13

taught that when the so-c" Allah has led told&#39;himA!4UHM0lAD! that the white nan is the devil and Iegroes cell a white nan
a devil then they call ~the.white nan hy his true name. He

other way. V

said by

nature the

white nan

is a

devil and

cannot be

aw

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#7, 102 West ll6th Street, Iew Iork,

_ meetingo t ~held At an so:

gigven themselyesia;.d,.&#39;_te,,was ELIJAE1IHA to ware, he devi1s;as the asthis devil 5&#39;1 Honorable | that they tired
from this ea:-_th.y_@ _,_, ._-_ _at an In meeting held bu
attendance, MALCOLM X said that the

13X was in attendance IALCOLl&#39;Ithe that said men L7/ white have
_ 4.

,ch

-.._c0NFl llosqu
CLARENCE

andhe hoped that A1leh:won1d thslso-called tale Iegroes away 3

Mosque #7,102 West 116th Street,


would like to throw all think the courts can.
CLARENCE 13X was in

at

in which
courts

be the aggressor, but if an adversary aggresses the Mslims, on

the Muslims in Jail, but he does-not He said the Islims are taught not to
kill the

92

&#39;

Muslim Mosqueattacked then the attacker shouldbe killed. is

Muslim Mosque is a place

then the

Muslims should

or worship,

aggressor. He

not righting;

said the

but if

the

Q; f

la! &#39;
At an IOI meet held on

NOI Mosque#7, 102 West ll

white man, with all


police, FBI

CLARENCE 13xinattendance that was


the so]
and Uncle Toms, ate

th in

which
about the

bombs, &#39;
He said that today
Muslims

the P */

:/1,

because the Muslims pray rive tines

the Muslim has devil, white God the the man, in treeze.19 a deep
&#39; 1/ At an ROI meeting held on

a day.

Mosque #7, 102 Vast 116th Street,


which CLAREICE 13X was

the so-calledNegroes were kidnaped ,

in attendance

that Allah has done

to Americaand castinto slavery by the white man. ne


has come to destroy America tor to the so-called American Iegro. what the

white

said b
man r--

brought"xL#

.4

4
I

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-flmque #1 102 wax -116:1; st:-set low Iork City


plisro 1eade_1_-e_=were n_ot92the&#39;-t-_$he&#39;~t &#39; r
. Y T -. &#39; O

t ,an so: A on_at no: sneeting -CONFWIAL at held


C which
lens-in &#39;
Iegroeiioi their? &#39; age, religion,

naerica, !lonoraTal&#39;igg.&#39;I; *thtt the E -&#39 V ,0:t_his_the racial and 1|n.rest,_:at who cause has sensed this racial u-est t Jhas t t

-suuzssca was neaaauieu, in in vimcotwse.&#39;id_..the ,1 so-called


-

_the Iegroes so-called


the so-celled
and teach that the so-called
At an IDI meeting held

qwhwite maa robbed


culture, :

from their native eount!7.=x y! ---&#39;"~ s-- . I 1 -.-

lggroes

were savages when taken

&#39;

on

at

EDI

Mosque #7, 102 West ll6th Street,

Iew

ork, in

which CLARENCE 13X was in attendance, X said that what the white man is doing for integration today is only a trick to keep the people from listening to the Honorable
ELIJAH MUHALMAD. He said integration will not work and the

without bloodshed. Q 64]

so-called

Negroes will

not get freedom,

Justice

and equality

P. ":7
0 .

which CLARENCE 13X was in attendance, the white nan has only three ounces

NOIMosque 102 Westll th Street, #7,


this

At an

ROI

meet

held

on

that was all

evil. white wasHe said man caused theEve sin. d it the there wasAdaminand man, EU white whono good to

[P
At an ROI meeting held on at IDI

Mosque #7, 102 West 116th S


teach the so-called said it is better to

white man has used his number

cmnzscs wasin attendance, 13:

preacher, to

that the

in which

r&#39;92C

the know dui nothing.said white has able {W He thenan hem to


1 " term my!

llegro that there is life death. He he a living dog than a dead lion because

92

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jlhite nan ,1; __the devil and _that$h_ere_ is goodin no the

is another lite. He laid ii the so-called Iegroes differently __then the so-called Negroes wouldknow that. the

lynch and shoot Iehroes because the Negroes think that

c0~F@ n had known


there 92
Ihite

nan.&#39; M_".
At an

_, .

which CLARENCE

Mosque #7,102 West lloth Street,


said that ELIJAH

ROI meeting

held on

at $1

1&#39;1? b

13X was in attendance

is the devi1.x q_;

MUHAMMAD has taught

"C/
I

B. Attendance at FOI Meetings

w at

etin s

CLARENCE 13X was observed held on various dates fr


&#39; J

no: Mosque #2.


om

FOI E"!
, New York,

:1

t1&#39;l1 P
meeting held on at
CLARE d in attendance

1, 7/

Madison Street,

, J,

ROI Mosque#7!! 120

at an

POI

51/
CLARENCE 13X was observed
FOI meet ioue dates

in

{*7

New York,

through

..9

tDI

Mosque ,

through
1111

L3,!

Iii-

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. Atte_r_zda.nce Ra;L_li_e_ _at&#39;NOI &#39; CONH


Avenue, jaw Iork, Jew

rally held

CLARENCE 131 was observed

on Iabruary 16, 1963 at 125th Street and Seventh


York. _ -

in attendance

at an

II

-~" ": .= V *Q A
.9

"
.0

&#39;4.-&#39;.&#39;. &#39; 1&#39;9-5 1963 19: C HI


above IOI
of an

Muslims were tired of


court at the scene

At the

in court action. Hesaid the Muslimsprefer holding their own


incident for their own cause.

the iqtstice

rally,&#39;IALCOLM X said

being handed their members

that the

At the above ROI rally held on February l6, l963, MALCOLM said that the X so-called Negroes have helped the white man fight his wars, and that the so-called Negroes have died for the white man in Korea, Germany and Japan. He said it was

"&#39;~sle>- 1
19. 1963 J

time for and that Negroes to shoul avetheir the so-called Negroeslivegagor give their own freedom, the so-called freedom
in their vocabulary the white man
will fight

must let
afraid, and

their life

for their

if they

freedom. He said that the


and die

were not ready to fight and


for their freedom and

know that the so-called

Iegroes are not


will not

so-called Negroes

give

die alone.
1963 at ll5th

51, _

!!!IUlll|!! l8i .93%!


CLARENCE 13X attended an ROI rally

Street and

Lenox Avenue, NewYork, New

held on June 29,

York.

Q -&#39;@%2i 1
At the
the wrong place. He

above lOI,rally,
said Harlem

MALCOLMX said that


is filled with all

if the
forms of

people had come to hear him teach non-violence, or to her him say that they should love the white man, then they had come to

white man.

vice andimmoralities, and of this is to be blamed on all the te

man and liquorstores in are that Harlem owned thewhi by "&#39;_R


-13-

He said that dope is "pushed"

in Harlem by the "hi

c0r.Qr. ,

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September 7, 1963 at 115th

New York.

czanmrcs &#39;13:: mmork, attendedrally onCON ~ en Io: Street end Lenox Avenue, lei
&#39;7

._

_ .1"; "i iv-..,_..;,&#39; _" 1_ " 4

"e . .__-_, 3 A &#39;_l __

.1 .~ &#39;
the uhite.len
L &#39;I/

ie devil end n thet_there_i;in unite ,kg no the good non,


CLARENCE 13X attended en IOI re11y held on
ew or . .

IUEAIMAD has taught the

~-At the aka; is: 1-u.1;}"&#39; x eeid can &#39;n.::Aa


lo-eelledilegroee thet

196_3JQ 1
Rev York, New Yos
on December 1,

ept;nbr 15, at 1963 115th Street Leno: Avenue, York, and Hen
,by

<
1963 at ROI

an IOI an IOI

1- I I 18,&#39;196
rally held

CLARENCE 13X attended

Mosque #7, 102 eet 116th Street,

CLARENCE 13X attended

$5, 1963:ZLJ
rally held on June 28,

51/

1904 et

Avenue, New

the 369th

York, New

Regimental Armory,
York.

142nd Street

and Firth

-If E63] 0
eeid that the Iegroee went: eone can et up their own government.

LY
I

At the above IOI

rally, ILIJAH MBKAHMAD spoke end


territory where He said if the the Iegroee lo-celled

A ~&#39;E~"J"&#39;9J1
.64 "1

the white

Neggieenot get plenet. do lone territory, ~. Alleh have remove then anyto men tron this e

&#39; Q &#39; court"

NW

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p. Attendance :;Io1_un1_g;&#39;xm=1g; CONFI TIAL


ICE held on
O rthe

_ _

,..__ Zlnt

t
an by

DI

IIOI

131

attendance
on variou

at rive
dates

102 es

from h

ree , low

IOI Mosque #7.

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E. Attendance at IDI Atricap-Asian Bazaars


CLARENCE 13X attended an African-Asian_ WI Bazaar held onFebruary 12, 1953 Rockland Palace, 155th at Street
and Eighth Avenue, New York, New York. u

w E
African-Asian Bazaar held

ebruary 15

1963

J L

on Septeuber 1963 the369th 21, at Regimental Amory, Street Birth 1!-l2nd and Avenue, New York, New York. u V

CLARENCEwas observed attendanceat an ROI 13X in

b,
held on Iovdber 30,1963the at

e eer 1 6
P 5 9 3 J

CLARENCE 13X attended an MI African-Asian Bazaar Regimental Armory, 114 Street and Firth Avenue, New York, York. u.

L
15

1953 GU
Bid

>1 1

1
at 100-150520

_P.l [OI isgells.neous_ y


MuhammadArena, Philadelphia,Beptember 29, &#39; which was Brats held "Pennsylvania. ,_ at on 194:3 the rhilade phia
.&#39; - GARIICE 131attended an DI attair called

they can shake tempted

eo , l963_7 er &#39;
the does

At the above IOI affair, ILIJAH MUHAMMAD spoke and said that the white man led the so-celled Iegroes to believe God is a spirit and that the to-called Iegroes met die_before
see God. He said that the white man teaches that Eve. He said that we all know that a snake

not talk,
nature. He
people

so the

scriptures only
white man

mean a people with


in America is of

a snake-like

nature and were created

said the

for the purpose of murdering black

a snake-like

.
1953
On Nove

__ k1//

~
BS3, <7
th an

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NYCPD, advised

investigation by tthe death or an IDI member it was determined that CLARENCE 13X SMITH or 21 West 112th Street, New York City, was an employee or the Earth Painters which

Improvement Compmy, 1087 Union Street, Brooklyn,


is a company composed of IDI members. u

New York,

Photograph with IYCPD Number $12230 is CLARENCE 13X SMITH who was, as late as the summer or 1964, an active member

of the ROI in New York City.fH!

&#39;

&#39; M!

CLARENCE 13x so known as Allah".

0 p E! 91963 . Pho3graph bearing IICPD 3612230 lumber is A


NCI Mosque#7: Put he has not attended

tor several months. U&#39;

er an

cnanxnca 13x was a member

aw ROI meetings-

&#39; *[v by -16 -Rgtkf H -

; &#39;

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G. l0!IMiscellansous_ -- . ~Y
advised SA CLARENCE 1 I.

*0 7I-KR!-&#39;1&#39;!-&#39;E_I!3X. _ CI-AREICE had .131 been a neaber of IDI the Mosque #7 about years, butleft about time mcom for "cm the Idefected his cu WEE13! has familyare snploynent from the l-DI. &#39;rsl_iCence&#39;and 1. and several children, however, t

CONFID TIAL &#39; Photograph IYCPD bearing lumber 3612230 identica is

l96%@;. &#39;
1
:ermined that

C te=t1vQ

Bss, morn,
D

MMI, holds official no position in MMI.!&#39;, u92J the V-

CLARENCE 13X, provided he is even a member in the

which is the

It is not known ifSMITH was member of MMI the OAAU, a the or but was often seen around HotelTheresa, New City, the York
headquarters of the MMIand the OAAU and

l3X SMITH. SMITH appeared be associated with MALCOLM X. to

r19<>QA~ Photograph bearing NYCPD Number B6l2230 is CLARENCE


MALCOLM
. 19<>5 "1
. ./&#39;92

X&#39;s group.# i1!

JII. AFFILIATIONWIZQH TE PERCENTERS_f_ "FIVE


Negro males an street traffic

advised SA
in front

ass IYCPD,

Avenue, IewYork, Rev York. When told to move on tvo by police officers, they turned on the officers, celled on bystanders to attack the officersand shouted anti-white and

with of the Hotel theresa, 2090 Seventh

, 965 six K

/-

necessary toarrest these

anti-police invectives. Additional police asQstance was


six Negromales.Q

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males all to be

w that
e or
.. _
o was

.appeared&#39;to have some _cf.the th to "&#39;!ve"Pereentwrs" street corners.

being members of the


an sely-knit"
Iegro males

e Il. ..&#39;However, some of then U


DI. hey lid claim 0 -

aliases, but

the above NUAL six leggy!


all denied
A -&#39;

l;.ot.the &#39;1&#39; :[.we.;1|e1-_e&#39;g;t_e;;_[&#39;,__they claim aeans


lime-Lwho smoke-&#39;-and drink. According have no headquarters =34 , "

group that hangs cut en .8a.rlem


himself

vised that
the IIICPD to be above six who were

d identified

one the above ._U of Q six O , I


as Allah

believed by of the

"Allah" was assigned ll&#39;!CPD 8612230. He wasthe ringleader lumber


arrested and was the self-proclaimed A

identical to

CLARENCE 13X SMITH.

with felon

leader of the "Five Percenters". K advised that six all


ous assau , conspiracy to commit In addition, "Allah" was
with a. deadly weapon

same, resisting a
~

were chargedqu
conduct.

arrest, assault
marijuana cigarette

charged with

and disorderly

pibssessionof

and malicious

mischief. oi

furthererradvised that on New l, June re ed in Manhattan Felony Court Yorkwere incarcerated was adjournedfrom 196?. City the case of bail ranging18, 2,000 92/92L/ and until June All six in lieu
1965, al hearing, "Allah"

to $3,500, the latter


court could

claimed that

being the bail for


them with

he was God and stated that


anything since

"Allah". During

the

the

legal aid
advised

charge Allah".

not charge

assistance. v92
by the

He also

refused white

lawyers when

"you can&#39;t

offered

as CLARENCE SMITH 2.1 West 112thBtreet, Apartnent 5E, 13! of


Iew York, Iew York. BREE is unemployed and
City where

of the Pi one on Hay 31, 1965,

SA

of the six Negro ITCPD, has been identified


Iew York

.,

ms, nrcrn,
hangs out"
he contacts

ognized leader

Ib

males arrested by the IYCPD on


and

Harlem street

indoctrinates the

corners in

youth of_ the area.

U .

"

9 -1a-

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8,
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CON?! IAL

gangs that exist in larlemrelespt that they have been influenced by ULQRBMB 13X BITE! whorefers -to himshlf as Allah and

infomedthese youthsire of

l to as the Brotherhood of Blsclman" who ", is a ooeely knit group of orthe" . brotherhood 1h I768" routh in.the=le.rlem Iew -gangs section Iorrdity. e U of he :1 -

lvised that the Five Percenters,

the numerous street type

who-hasiedoctrinated these youths in the distorted lteslin teachings ml leader ILUAB 5IHMIIAD. u - . of _ 0 &#39;, &#39;
,. , ~ I .

0 &#39; 9* -"&#39;

Be informed that -ieeause of 8II&#39;l&#39;H&#39;s influence over "these youths, they like to consider themselves "huslims" and

many of

then shave their heads and take Arabic soundingnames.


the tenets of the orthodox

However, none of these youths follow

believe and w in smoking drinking.


HYCPDhas dete

be the "five

Islamic religiohon nor do they actually belong to or follow the teachings"of the ml. These youths do, however, claim to
per cent of the followers of

ZLIJAJ-IMUHAMMAD who

advised
e

he "Five

that investigation by the


Percenters" do not have

qb

borhoods has its own leader, they do not have an overall organizational setup other than to look up to SMITH as their teacher and "Al1ah". ~
IIV. _

the individual youth gangs

any qeatral

meeting place or headquarters.

formed from their respective neigh-

Although each of

HISCELLAIEOUS _

Telegram, a daily newspaper published in NewYork City, contained


an article entitled Harlem Knows &#39;AJ.leh&#39; as Puddin". other this
article
have

the July &#39;30, 1965,


as follows:

edition of

the New fork

World

read

Allah
92

claims

he is God--but

Earlemites

different

ideas &#39;.
_ 1 0

_ God? a barmaid once exclaimed.

That ain&#39;t God. aw. mum. what we always called nu--mean."


1

!hat&#39;s

Allah

is Clarence l3X Smith, 35, leader of


Percenters, 17 of

a group of youths called the Five whom were arrested lest night _"

-19 -

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&

- trucks down in _the_.gg,meg:yaistrict;&#39;" qo or pu-.8


Muslim sect, &#39;sh_ich_ he.,hss some 200rollovers".u. .. -V -_ claims _ .&#39; - _ ,.1 &#39; _ .-r _-_ &#39;Y&#39;1&#39;hat claim-as divinity Allah&#39;s "slain to
is also questioned." u A -

himasa&#39;nice trien urhousedt w hin k R


..&#39;-..-&#39;1&#39;-&#39;.sutformed his.mm &#39;ius_n!..t&#39;w5:xsa flincs he
blues .1:

"A who knew for 20 years,described CONF N-HAL man him

&#39; "run eat ain&#39;t another Harlem t nothing but the r&#39;esidegg.",; -&#39;

&#39; 25$ IIYCPD

,, =...+...c-..0 anm: S
HYCPD, advised
had determined CLARENC &#39;SMITHJOWARS in

at tha

time if

subject&#39;s true

the p ast

SMITH had
s t name was

used the

name of

However,

it was

no

DION!!

SHIT H O1

92. I

During the investigation or the subject, several confidential sources familiar with varous phases of activity and members of the ROI, HMI and the OAAU were contacted and could furnish no information concerning the sub,1ect.u
V DE

vas obtained as on, St. Louis, Missou from ncw; c, D.C.&#39;; and BSS FBI Idext itication Divbion, the State
Bureau or Vital Statistics, Richmond, Virginia: .

&#39; The following descri9 tion OLARENCEETJARD SMITH


Aliases ,
lame CLARENCE

SCRITPION L
__ Clarence Smith Jovars,
-Glarence Smith, Clarence 13X,
EDWARD SMITH

1/

&#39;

Clarence 13X

Smith,

&#39;

Race esro
- go ..

Allah, "Puddin
H qvrl

CO?%;!i
&#39;

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Sex

Date of -.92 Place of


92 _ &#39; &#39;

Birth Birth

Eyes
air

Ieight .

m. COWEENTIAI;
Virginia

Danville, Pittsylvania
.

February 22,

1926 ,

County,

Karital .leight Status

,_62,pounds inches __ , _ I" feet 11 Education Occupation -Iarried ~ , two years nigh school Employnent Shines shoes and shipping clerk &#39; Unemployed .. _ Former nt Earth Employm Painters Improvement
e

Address
Former Addresses

Compan 1 1087 Union Street -n Brooklyn, ew York Presently confined New York for an indefinite confinement
112th Street 21 West

State Department of Mental Hygiene


New York York 19 August 21,1954

New York,
Military Service
United States

215 West 13#th Street


New York,~ew October 30, United States
Serial Number

Army

51-207-O85 &#39;

Selective Service
.Number

Social Security
FBI Number

Number

F }l92|.{"I&#39;92f;._Lcv 7 .&#39; r
. .- -__.._~...-.._

~" L9292/
I

--

0 -

92 "&#39;-- .

92. A

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_ _.

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_;_._ APPENDIXcm9Q
,4

FRUIT OF ISLAM

governed bya military


regular military

are required to participate in military drill and afforded the opportunity to engage Judo training. The FOI is in
system wherein members the are
organizations.

assure compliance members of with N01 teachings, and to prepare for the "War of Armageddon." Members of FOI the

FCI is to protect officials and property ofthe NOI,

composed of male membersthe NOI. The purpose ofthe of

Islam FOI! a is group within theNation of Islam NOI!

On May 1965, a 7, source advised the Fruit of

controlled bygeneral orders similar to those issued by

-22,..-n-

Q9

,!<,{NT

u -p-.. 1

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MUSLIM GIRLS TRAINING

APPENDIX

ccmtrne
Girls

NOI! is similarin structurethe to Fruit ofPOI!, which Islam MGT is composed military NOI, that the ofmale of the members organizations in MGT has officers similar to to whom other female members are accountable.members rec MGT instructions in Muslim historythe homemaking,calisthenics and hygiene, other subjects, as such and English language. There the NOI are also existsJunior a MGT which is of female affordedof who between the members military-type &#39; com ages posed and l9 who are drill. of 15 Since 1957, MGT, usedterm o so various officers "sisters" and MGT HGT have, at meetings the it alsomeans of the Class. General General Civilization Civ Class refers to classes conducted within the MGT.f the
eive that

On l9, Training May 1960,sourceadvised NOI. is a of within thethe the The MGT! a members of Islam group Nation Muslim of and is composed female all

The above refers to at Muhammad&#39;sNumber ofthe MGT of Islam,activities 2, Temple 5335 South Green Chicago, Illinois.

ilization

_ On

theory, thetheexists MGT in all the Islam, patterned afterMGT temples of NOI i at Muhammad&#39;s Templeand of Number Chicago. 2,
in
s

wood, May 3, 1965, another source advised that,

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The March 196R, edition of "The New 13, York

Musum MOSQUE, INCORPORATED -. mil

MALCOLM X Negroes abandon doctrineof.nonurged to the


unwilling to protect them, -

financedvoluntary contributions, public statement, by In this

Times", a daily newspaper published in New York, New York, contained an article on page 20 which indicated that MALCOLM X LITTLE!, former national official theNation of of IslamNOI! who broke with NOI March196B, the on publicly announced March tha in New Incorporated .TheMMI, York on 12, l?6h, City 8, he had formed the Muslim Mosque, MM accordingthe article, to would be a broadly based politically oriented black nationalist movement for Negroes, only,
t

civil rightsstruggle, and also he suggested that_Negroes form rifle clubs to protect their lives and property time in
of emergencies in areas where the government is unable or Incorporation papers filed 196M,York, Business of theMIthe MI on March with New Section, that Courts, 16, the Clerk wasNew York of County, New York, reflect

violence when necessary defend themselves it is to in the

incorporated under imparting theIslamic Faith Corporation of theState Iaw of New York to the Religious of work for the and Islamic Religion in accordance with "accepted Islamic principals". The principal place worship belocated of New to in theBorough Manhattan, New of York, York, &#39;

Muslim leaders

indicated that had he heard that visitby MALCOLM the X with during his African tour changed to has him become soft anti-white feelings to in his and become&#39; more religious, -

23, edition York News", anNegro newspaper New York a The May byco umnist of the "Newin Amsterdam weekly 196%, publishedin which City, contained article JAMES BOOKBRhe

On 6, that the October l96B,a affiliated the orthodox MMI apparentlyconfidential source advised is with true Islamic Religion through its affiliation with Islamic the Foundation of the1MM on Islamic City. New York!, Riverside New Drive, Religion, York The only teachings of are the
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This confidential source advised on May 17, 1965, that the headquarters of the MMI are located in Suite 128, Hotel Theresa, 2090 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York, where they were established on March 16, 1964, These &#39;

headquarters are

Unity, Incorporated

shared with

OAAU! which was also headed

the Organization

of Afro-American
21, 1965,

by MALQQLM X.

Broadway and th Street, 16 New


This same

while addressing rally the Audubon an OAAU at Ballroom,


York City,
confidential source advised on

MALCOLM X was assassinated

on February

the death of MALCOLMX were limited to the teaching of classes in the Islamic religion and a class in Judo for self-protection, These classes were held regularly until the latter part of July, 1965, when they were discontinued. Since then, the MMI has held no meetings and there has been
absolutely no activity by completely "dead", the MMI which appears to be

September 8, 1955,

that the

activities of

the MI

following

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a source advised ELIJAH MUHAMMAD

NATION OF ISLAM

has describedhis organization on a nationwidebasis as the


Nation of Islam and Muhammad&#39;s Temples of Islam."

In January, 1957,

On May 7, 1965, a second source advised_ ELIJAHMUHAMMAD the national leader of the Nation~ is of Islam NOI!; Muhammad&#39;s of Islam Number2, Temple
national

5335 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois,


headquarters

of the NOI; and in mid-1960 Muhammad

is_the-

and other NOI officials,


on a nationwide basis,

when referring
commencedusing either

to Muhammad&#39;s organize
Mosque or

&#39;Temple when
originally

mentioning one of Muhammad&#39;s.Temples of Islam.


was MUHAMMAD

claims to have been selected by Allah, the Supreme Being, to lead the so~called Negro race out of slavery in the wilderness of North America by establishing an independent black nation in the United States Members following believe
Negroes

The NOI is an all-Negro organization which organized in 1930 in Detroit, Michigan.

MUHAMMAD&#39;s teachings
are slaves

there is no such
of

and his interpretation


the white race_

thing as a Negro; the so-called


referred to as

of the Koran

"white devils, in the United States and the white race, because of its exploitation of the sh-called Negroes, must and will be destroyed in the approaching "War of Armageddon. In the past,
provisions of the

officials

and members of the NOI,

including MUHAMMAD, have refused to register


Selective Service Acts and have

under the
the United

declared that
States.

members owe no allegiance to

On May 5, l958,the first source advised MUHAMMAD had, upon advice of legal counsel, tempered his personal statements and instructions to his ministers concerning the principles of his organization in order to avoid possible prosecution by the United States Government; however, he did

not indicate
his

any fundamental changes in the teachings of


a third source advised MUHAMMAD of Islam

organization.

had,early in July,
religious aspects

On May 3, 1965

the economic benefits

of the teachings

195$,decided de-emphasize to the


to be derived by

Joinedthe NOI.

those Negroes who

and to stress

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Chicago, Illinois.

NOI headed Elijah Muhammad headquarters in by with


u

Nation of Islam NOI! affiliate in New York is known City as Mosque number 7, and is also referred to as Temple number 7. is part of the national It organization of the

On May3, 1965,

a source advised that the

There arethree branches Mos Onel0?-O3 at Boulevard, ue nuber 7; as.Mosq atanother 120 Northernof Street known-, Queens number ,TB Madison Brooklyn

Avenue, Bronx known Mosque number as 7D.92


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known Mosque number one Prospect as 7C!,and at 8 92

are being made obtainlocatedwhich will the to a be principal meeting of Mosque will known place the and be 1 as Mosque number 7.
City is unknown but this connectionshould be noted in it that in 1953,a second source advised there was a that 92. Temple of NOI known tosource then the Muslim the as Cult of Islam! in New York locatedat 135thStreet City
far back as 1937. The dateMosque numberoriginated in NewYork 7 A

There isno branch Manhattan, in although plana

and 7th Avenue, as

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UNITY, INCORPOBATFD __ OAAUl -

oacmxzmxou or

AFRO-AMERICAN

"

leader of the Muslim Mosque, Incorporated MMI!, publicly announced the formation of a new, all Negro, militant civil rights action groupto be knownthe Organization as
New York

On June 28, 196k, MALCOLM LITTLE, founder and X

This announcement made a public rally held by the was at HI in the Audubon Ballroom, Broadway and 166th Street,
City.
/.

of Afroaimerican Unity OAAU!,

with himself

as Chairman.

African Unity established by African


. A recording of the

and sisters on the African continent. It is patterned after the "letter and spirit" of the Organization of

that it shall include "all" people of African descent in the Western Hemisphere,as well as "our" brothers

OAAU aims read by MALCOLM X at this meeting indicates

A printed

and published

statement of

basic

at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in May, 1963.


remarks of

heads ofStates!
MALCOLM X at

this meeting indicates that the aim of the OAAUto is eliminate differences between Negroesso they can work
ment by taking

is to

together for "human rights," while the


it to

"internationalize" the American civil rights movecivil rights


the United Nations. LITLE

initial objective

Negroes should taught to protect themselves, when be and if necessary. The OAAU willsponsora program for Negroes of education, politics, culture, economics, and
social reform.

the non-violent

movement and claims that

condemned

that the

New York

quarters, Suite
City.

On May 17, 1955, a confidential source advised headquarters of the OAAU are located in MMI head-

l28, Hotel Theresa, 2090 7th Avenue,

while addressing an OAAU rally at


New York City.

MALCOLMwas assassinated on February 21, 1965, X

the Audubon Ballroom,

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onomuzawzonAFRO-AMERICAN or

advised that on March 1965, a second confidential source of Incorporation with 26, 1965, the OAAU filed a Certificate New York, Albany, New the Department State, State of of tion&#39;s true name will York, and henceforth the organizaUnity, Incorporated. be Organization of Afro- A merican
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