During the latter part of the 1950s, the group's membership grew. In 1959, the FBI encouraged the media to attack the Nation, hoping to discredit it. It was in this year that a documentary about the group, The Hate that Hate Produced, was screened. This press criticism backfired, giving the group significant attention and assisting its recruitment. The NOI became a foil for the civil rights movement, which presented the group as evidence for the harmful effect that poor race relations were having in the U.S. In 1962, Los Angeles police raided one of the Nation's temples; one member was killed and seven injured, attracting national press attention. In 1963, a schism in the Nation's Temple Number 7 in Harlem led to the creation of a new group, the Five Percent Nation of Islam.
During the latter part of the 1950s the group's membership grew In 1959 the FBI encouraged the media to attack the Nation hoping to discredit it It was in this year that a documentary about the group The Hate that Hate Produced was screened This press criticism backfired giving the group significant attention and assisting its recruitment The NOI became a foil for the civil rights movement which presented the group as evidence for the harmful effect that poor race relations were having in the US In 1962 Los Angeles police raided one of the Nation's temples; one member was killed and seven injured attracting national press attention In 1963 a schism in the Nation's Temple Number 7 in Harlem led to the creation of a new group the Five Percent Nation of Islam