The Almighty Black P Stone Nation: The Rise, Fall, and Resurgence of an American Gang - Couverture rigide

Moore, Natalie Y.; Williams, Lance A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1556528450 ISBN 13 : 9781556528453

Editeur : Chicago Review Press, 2011

Synopsis

In gangster lore, the Almighty Black P Stone Nation stands out among the most notorious street gangs. But how did teens from a poverty–stricken Chicago neighborhood build a powerful organization that united 21 individual gangs into a virtual nation?

 

Natalie Y. Moore and Lance Williams answer this and other questions in a provocative tale that features a colorful cast of characters from white do-gooders, black nationalists, and community organizers to overzealous law enforcement. The U.S. government funded the Nation. Louis Farrakahn hired the gang―renamed the El Rukns in a tribute to Islam―as his Angels of Death. Fifteen years before 9/11, the government convicted the gang of plotting terrorist acts with Libyan leader Mu’ammar Gadhafi; currently, founding member Jeff Fort is serving a triple life sentence.

 

An exciting story about the evolution of a gang, the book is an exposé of how minority crime is targeted as well as a timely look at urban violence

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Natalie Y. Moore reports on issues of race for Chicago Public Radio. Her work has appeared in Essence, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Chicago Tribune. She is coauthor of Deconstructing Tyrone: A New Look at Black Masculinity in the Hip-Hop Generation. The son of a former Vice Lords gang member, Lance Williams is an assistant professor at Northeastern Illinois University, the assistant director of the Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies, and a youth advocate and activist.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Chicago Review Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1556528450
• ISBN 13: 9781556528453
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible