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An FBI
investigation was conducted to identify the leaders and to
determine policy of this group of youth gangs who operated
in the Harlem area of New York City during the years 1965
- 1967. The name Five Percenters meant, five percent of muslims
who smoke and drink. This group of teenage street gangs was
without an overall organization setup or a meeting place.
They were influenced by the teaching of the leader of the
Nation of Islam, Elijah Muhammed.
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