Five-Percent Nation (Nation of Gods and Earths)
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American new religious movement
Black nationalist movement
Nation of Gods and Earths
cultural movement
religious leader
religious movement
spiritual movement
The Five-Percent Nation, or Nation of Gods and Earths, is a Black nationalist cultural and spiritual movement that emerged from the Nation of Islam in the 1960s, emphasizing self-knowledge, empowerment, and the belief that Black people are the original people and divine.
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American new religious movement
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Black nationalist movement ⓘ Black nationalist movement ⓘ Nation of Gods and Earths ⓘ cultural movement ⓘ cultural movement ⓘ religious leader ⓘ religious movement ⓘ spiritual movement ⓘ spiritual movement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Five Percenters
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NGE ⓘ Nation of Gods and Earths ⓘ |
| coreBelief |
Black people are divine
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Black people are the original people of the planet Earth ⓘ each person is responsible for their own salvation ⓘ rejection of a mystery God ⓘ self-knowledge leads to empowerment ⓘ the Black man is God ⓘ the Black woman is Earth ⓘ |
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United States of America
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United States
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| culturalPractice |
building (sharing lessons and knowledge)
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street-based teaching ⓘ |
| dateOfOrigin | 1964 ⓘ |
| doctrine |
120 Lessons
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Supreme Alphabet ⓘ Supreme Mathematics ⓘ |
| ethos | Black nationalism ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Clarence 13X
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Clarence Edward Smith ⓘ |
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| influenced |
hip hop culture
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rap music ⓘ urban slang ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Islamic concepts
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Nation of Islam ⓘ
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Nation of Islam theology
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| languagePractice | use of coded terms and acronyms based on Supreme Mathematics and Supreme Alphabet ⓘ |
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Eighty-Five Percent represent the uncivilized masses
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Five Percent represent the poor righteous teachers
Ten Percent represent the rich slave-makers of the poor ⓘ |
| organizationalStructure | loosely organized decentralized movement ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | Nation of Islam ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan
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surface form:
Harlem, New York City
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| rejects | formal mosque-based worship structure ⓘ |
| scripturalSource |
Bible (reinterpreted)
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Quran ⓘ
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Qur'an (reinterpreted)
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| separatedFrom | Nation of Islam ⓘ |
| teaches |
knowledge of self as knowledge of God
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self-discipline ⓘ self-knowledge ⓘ |
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