Arch Dukes - Chicago Gang History

Founded	Founded in 1966 by Danny C
Affiliations	Give details
Colors	Black and Grey
Primary ethnicities	White
Symbols	knight helmet and Shield
Status	Extinct

The Arch Dukes were a mostly Italian gang born out of the Chicago land suburb of Cicero, Illinois in the Grant Works section of Cicero which was the oldest greaser neighborhood in Cicero. The Arch Dukes started in about the year 1966 in order to combat roaming gangs like the Ridgeway Lords from nearby Little Village in Chicago. The Arch Dukes were founded by Danny C.

The Dukes worked with the Esquires from Roosevelt and Austin to keep city gangs out of Cicero. The Dukes also worked with the Berwyn Greasers from the neighboring suburb of Berwyn, Illinois.

Five Arch Duke and and Twelfth Street Player 1990s

Late 70s tag at Ogden and Austin with Arch Dukes and Noble Knights

This may have a watermark on it but the fact this is an official Berwyn/Cicero area newspaper supercedes this watermark's ownership as this is a public newspaper. Anyway, now that, that is out of the way, this is a photo from probably 1979 during the big blizzard showing Arch Dukes helping dig out people in the community while even wearing their sweaters

By the late 1970s the Arch Dukes began to fade out. In the year 1981 the Dukes joined the People alliance alongside the Noble Knight, Twelfth Street Players and Latin Kings but it did not keep the organization going much longer. In the mid-1980s the Dukes went extinct while the younger members absorbed into the Noble Knights street gang, before they went extinct the Dukes fought viciously with the Two Two Boys from Cicero and the Ridgeway Lords from Little Village.