Ebook: The Almighty Black P Stone Nation : the rise, fall, and resurgence of an American gang
Author: Moore Natalie Y., Williams Lance
- Tags: Gangs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History. Black P Stone Nation (Organization) -- History. African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History. Prosecutorial misconduct -- United States. Black P Stone Nation (Organization) TRUE CRIME -- Organized Crime. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies. African Americans. Gangs.
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: Chicago Review Press
- City: Chicago, Ill., Illinois--Chicago., United States
- Edition: 0
- Language: English
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In gangster lore, the Almighty Black P Stone Nation stands out among the most notorious street gangs. But how did teens from a povertystricken 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 gangrenamed the El Rukns in a tribute to Islamas 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