Five Percenters

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The Five Percenters, or Five-Percent Nation, is a cultural and religious movement that emerged from the Nation of Islam in the 1960s and teaches that Black people are the original people and that five percent of the population are enlightened to this truth and tasked with educating others.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Five Percenters canonical 4
Five Percenters doctrine 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Black nationalist movement ⓘ
Islamic-influenced movement ⓘ
cultural movement ⓘ
religious movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Allah the Father ⓘ
Clarence Edward Smith ⓘ
Five Percent Nation ⓘ
NGE ⓘ
Nation of Gods and Earths ⓘ
coreBelief 10 percent of people know the truth but exploit the 85 percent ⓘ
85 percent of people are ignorant of the truth ⓘ
Black men are Gods ⓘ
Black people are the original people of the planet Earth ⓘ
Black women are Earths ⓘ
five percent of the population are enlightened to the truth and tasked with educating others ⓘ
the population is divided into 85 percent, 10 percent, and 5 percent ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
foundedBy Clarence 13X ⓘ
hasPractice building (philosophical discussion) ⓘ
cipher (group discussion circle) ⓘ
ideology Black empowerment ⓘ
anti-oppression ⓘ
self-knowledge ⓘ
inception 1964 ⓘ
influenced 1990s New York rap lyrics ⓘ
East Coast hip hop culture ⓘ
languageFeature distinctive slang and coded language ⓘ
notableFollower Big Daddy Kane ⓘ
Brand Nubian ⓘ
Nas ⓘ
Rakim ⓘ
Wu-Tang Clan members ⓘ
linked to: Wu-Tang Clan
organizationalStructure loosely organized decentralized network ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Harlem, New York City ⓘ
linked to: Harlem
primaryActivity street teaching ⓘ
youth education ⓘ
primaryDemographic African American urban communities ⓘ
rejectsConcept traditional Islamic orthodoxy ⓘ
worship of an external God ⓘ
religiousAffiliation influenced by Nation of Islam theology ⓘ
separatedFrom Nation of Islam ⓘ
symbol Seven-point star and crescent with number 7 ⓘ
teachesConcept each person can become God through knowledge, wisdom, and understanding ⓘ
knowledge of self as path to divinity ⓘ
usesText 120 Lessons ⓘ
Supreme Alphabet ⓘ
Supreme Mathematics ⓘ
viewOnScripture Qur'an and Bible contain truth but are to be interpreted through Supreme Mathematics and Supreme Alphabet ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Five-Percent Nation → alsoKnownAs → Five Percenters ⓘ
Nation of Gods and Earths → alsoKnownAs → Five Percenters ⓘ
Clarence 13X → hasFollower → Five Percenters ⓘ
NGE → alsoKnownAs → Five Percenters ⓘ
Clarence Edward Smith → notableIdea → Five Percenters doctrine ⓘ
linked to: Five Percenters