Black Souls

The Black Soul earlier history is a tough one to figure out and is a culmination of different groups that came together.  The story begins in the year 1962 when some 11 and 12-year-old boys from West Garfield Park got together to form a roller-skating dance group that skated at 2550 West Madison Street (Madison and Rockwell) which has always been a skating rink that has changed hands over the years.  The group of boys headed by Horace Willis, who was 12 at the time put together this skating group.  Horace Willis was into music and was said to be a musician that was big into the down beat.  These youths were not drug dealers and may not have even been gangbangers, if they were they for certain were not claiming to be a “Black Souls” gang, that name did not exist on the streets and there is no evidence or even stories to back that up either.

Horace Willis and his friends began to have conflicts with the Vice Lords in West Garfield Park, and this caused them to assemble their own gang in 1968 under the “Black Souls” name at Adams and Pulaski.  The Black Souls formed in the same year as the Four Corner Hustlers who were a block away.  Horace Willis was family related to Four Corner Hustler founder Walter Wheat and both groups were fighting with Unknown Vice Lords and Traveling Vice Lords in that area.  Both groups had similar beliefs and became instant allies.  I did speak to a gentleman that was a Latin King from Little Village between the years 1967-1971. He told me as a King they often traveled the city into various neighborhoods to attend parties, handle business and what not.  The former Latin King I spoke to said, him and his group ended up around Adams and Pulaski in the West Garfield Park neighborhood in the late 60s.  He was more than likely hanging out in the Delano Elementary School playground that is the founding spot of the Four Corner Hustlers. The former Latin King I spoke to said nothing but good things about the Souls as he said they were “cool” and “good guys.”  This is what I understand as the mannerisms of the original Souls.  This Latin King I spoke to told me there were roughly 80 Black Souls around Adams and Pulaski, this shows just how big the Souls were in this area.  It seems like the original Black Souls were not very violent but were tough.

Another part of the history was the creation of the Soul Brothers that started in North Lawndale at 16^th and Kostner in the same 1968 year by Frank Davis who was the cousin of Horace Willis and Walter Wheat.  The Soul Brothers were known to be active in the North Lawndale community in the K-Town section by the later part of the 1960s.  Another group to begin mention is the Impressionists that began at about the same time as Black Souls and Soul Brothers.  The Impressionists also came from the K-Town part of North Lawndale and were rivals of the Soul Brothers in these earlier years.  From what I gather the Soul Brothers and Impressionists were more violent than the Black Souls.  The Soul Brothers and Impressionists made the newspaper in 1968 and 1969 and the Black Souls were not in the media at that time. In one September 10, 1969, article the Impressionists killed a member of the Soul Brothers shooting him in the head.  By 1968, you had to put together one hell of a tough, violent and serious outfit in order to start on the North Lawndale streets.  The Egyptian Cobras and Vice Lords completely ruled the neighborhood with the Cobras running all of K-Town west of Pulaski which is where the Impressionists and Soul Brothers started in 1968.  Both groups were hard core.

It was rumored that Horace Willis was a Vice Lord before forming the Black Souls, but I am not positive about that and it could have been possible he was a Vice Lord up to 1968 then formed the Black Souls.  It would make sense because Walt Wheat and the Four Corner Hustlers were also Unknown Vice Lords prior to forming the Four Corner Hustlers.  It can make sense the Souls didn’t start until 68 because before then there are no stories, records, news articles or nothing on them before 68.  In 1968 Walt Wheat invited the Black Souls to settle the west side of Pulaski right next to Four Corner Hustler original territory which is on the east side of Pulaski.  This area of Adams and Pulaski is still Black Soul territory presently and the home of the Rollin 4000 D-Block, Insane Solid Black Souls.  Adams and Pulaski area is exactly where 4s and Souls became very tight beginning in 1968 and where they were founded.

I do not know when Black Souls made their way into the East Garfield Park neighborhood, but it happened by 1971 which was the same year a Chicago Tribune article reported that police confiscated a firearm from a woman that lived in an apartment building that was also the home of Black Soul leaders.  The gun was to be used against the Vice Lords.  This apartment was at Francisco and Madison which is just a block away from the legendary Madison and California intersection.  I have seen on the internet for years that the Black Souls were founded at Madison and California, and I have been guilty of using that info as the birthplace of the Souls on previous versions of this history.  Recently, I have really dug into it and found no evidence or any stories to support this claim.  No doubt, Madison and California goes way back in time and was a big time Soul stronghold as evidenced in this 1971 article; however, there is no evidence this is where they started.  I theorize the Souls got here in 1969 as part of their very early conquests of the west side after Pee Wee was killed.  The Souls retained their original territory around Adams and Pulaski and expanded it into a large piece of turf that still exists today.

As I stated I do not know how violent or aggressive the Souls were in the 60s but the group became much more aggressive and violent beginning in 1969 when the founder Horace “King Pee Wee” Willis was killed during a robbery attempt of a car wash.  Willis was attempting a robbery one day in 1969 when Chicago police arrived at the scene.  I am not sure if Willis was armed or if this was even armed robbery but one thing for sure he tried to run from the police and was not a threat to anyone besides running from the police.  The police shot him in the back as he ran which is common for police to shoot a fleeing suspect; however, a grave injustice happened when the police did not stop shooting him even after he was deceased and to shoot him in the back.  Willis received at least 30 bullets in his back which shows nothing short of pure hatred when you shoot a dead man that many times.  This story never made the papers, and the officers were never punished, however, legal action was taken against the Chicago police and the parties, that want to remain anonymous, obtained only a minor victory through an attempted law suit.  I have searched for this case and even had a lawyer assist me in finding it, but it was not found, the lawyer advised it is likely because there was a settlement reached outside of court which makes perfect sense.  If the legal action was pursued further in 1969 Chicago, you can bet there would have been retaliation against those close to Willis by city or police officials.  Willis did not harm anyone during the robbery which makes it a further injustice that he was not only killed but brutally killed.

The Black Souls were enraged after the death of Willis and then rebranded themselves as the “Mad Black Souls” but that name may not have to do with anger, it may have something to do with an alliance with the Four Corner Hustlers.  The Mad Black Souls made the newspaper for the first time in 1970 and were known as the “Mad Black Souls.”  In a 1972 article the Souls were labeled as one of Chicago’s more violent street gangs alongside Latin Kings, Black P Stones, Vice Lords, and Supreme Gangsters (Gangster Disciples). After the death of Willis, the Mad Black Souls began selling drugs and began having conflicts with the Four Corner Hustlers now that Pee Wee was deceased.  This is partially because William Earl Weaver took over as the new Black Soul leader.  Weaver was into drug trafficking and was even convicted of it while in prison in the 1990s.  Weaver also was known to be violent as was shown in the case of the People V. Weaver, an October 5, 1972 appeal.  In this case it stated that Weaver shot James Kirkwood to death on September 23, 1969.  Weaver shot Kirkwood in the face with a shotgun killing him.  He was sentenced to 30-60 years in prison with no possibility of parole until at least 30 years was complete.

The original 4s and first-generation Black Souls bonded over hatred of TVLs, Jive 5s, Supreme Gangsters and Black P Stones trying to settle North Lawndale. The Supreme Gangsters (now known as Gangster Disciples) were also aggressively settling the west side streets in 1968 as they were trying to take the southern part of West Garfield Park south of Jackson Boulevard mainly south of the West Garfield Park Black Souls.  Black Souls also wanted the corner of Monticello and Ohio in the West Humboldt Park community, but the Supreme Gangsters were settling Huron and Homan area and wanted to spread west, this resulted in a violent gang war in the late 60s and early 70s that made the newspaper in 1971 when the Black Soul gang leaders living at Monticello and Ohio killed a teenager thought to be a Supreme Gangster and he likely was.  As the young man lay dying on the street in a pool of blood, he scribbled the names of his shooters in a notebook for the police to find and two Mad Black Souls were convicted.  These were the earliest branch outs of the Black Souls as they spread to West Humboldt Park.  This section for the Souls only lasted until 1973 or 1974 because the police aggressively pursued Supreme Gangsters and Black Souls because of the news articles and effectively removed both gangs.

After William Earl Weaver was put in prison for shooting Kirkwood in the face with a shotgun, the Davis brothers took over the Black Souls until 1975.  I am confused on whether it was Ronald Davis or Frank Davis that took over after Weaver went to prison but I believe it was Ronald because the “Black Soul Brothers” name did not seem to take off until after 1972.  Also, it is legend that Frank Davis moved to the Back of the Yards temporarily and got to know the Village Sharks and Emerald Knights and inspired them to create the “Latin Souls” establishing the 440 plus alliance with the Latin Souls.  This would have taken place by 1971 at latest because according to old newspapers the “Latin Soul” name was born on 55^th Street by 1971.  It was said Frank was running it by then.  It is also legend that Frank Davis merged the Black Souls with Soul Brothers.  Soul Brothers were in the newspapers up to 1972 under their own name which makes me believe the merger did not take place until at least 1972.  One of these brothers was kidnapped and held for ransom.  When the other Davis brother tried to cooperate and hand over the ransom the kidnappers instead took the money and sped off with the other Davis brother.  The Davis Brother was later found dead in an abandoned building.  Frank Davis has been talked about on the internet for nearly 25 years, but Ronald Davis has not come up until very recently which is why I believe Ronald Davis was the successor of Weaver from 69 until either 1970 or 1971. The “Black Soul Brothers” name was mainly a faction within the Black Souls that operated in the K-Town/16^th and Kostner area and perhaps East Garfield Park.  Mad Black Souls were in West Garfield Park and East Garfield Park.

In the year 1975, the Black Souls went into a restructuring now that the Davis brothers were not leading the nation anymore.  A young money making teenager named Sam McKay was a west side Supreme Gangster/Black Gangster Disciple.  He was encouraged to flip to a Black Soul for business reasons and he became the liaison for drug business between Black Gangster Disciples and Black Souls.  McKay was then granted his own Black Souls group in East Garfield Park known as “Gangster Black Souls” that would pay homage to Black Gangster Disciples.  The Gangster Black Souls would even be able to operate at Madison and California alongside Mad Black Souls.  In that same year Walter Wheat of the Four Corner Hustlers was put in prison.  Once Wheat was locked up many hungry Four Corner Hustlers were eager to tap into the heroin trade on the west side.  Wheat had strict rules about avoiding the drug game, but with him now in prison Four Corner Hustlers went against his beliefs and were eager to make money and became good at it.  Four Corner Hustlers quickly went into business with Mad Black Souls as now Black Souls were working both angles alongside Fours and BGDs.  Black Souls, BGDs and Four Corner Hustlers then ventured further west into the Austin neighborhood to tap into the “heroin superhighway” that mainly ran along Chicago Ave and Cicero Ave into the 290 expressway.  At that time, Mafia Insane Vice Lords and Insane Vice Lords were tapping into that pipeline and made business deals with Black Souls and Four Corner Hustlers.  This was the creation of a African American mafia type of syndicate on the west side of Chicago.  This is when the Souls nominated Wayne “Jack Bobo” Edwards to run all the Black Souls organization.  Edwards was a fast-living money maker that established connections with the Chicago Outfit and literally made millions of dollars of profit over his lifetime from the heroin business.  Edwards ran the Souls well into the 1990s and maybe even into the 2000s until he retired.  Edwards was heavily known on the west side for decades.

In Austin Gangster Black Souls branched out around Lake Street and Cicero Ave with good access to the heroin pipeline along Cicero Ave.  The Mad Black Souls would settle in southern Austin along with Four Corner Hustlers right by the 290 entrance, this allowed them to move the heroin onto the 290 expressway into the suburbs or for suburbanites to stop in for their treats.

There was also the Black Outlaw Soul Brothers group, but I am not sure about that arrangement but for sure it has roots with the Soul Brothers.  This group would eventually become big in East Garfield Park and have territory in Austin.  This group was present in the North Lawndale community in the original K Town area where Soul Brothers were big in the late 60s at 14^th and Avers area.  I think the K-Town part of this group would later flip to GBS as this group was always tight with Supreme Gangsters (Black Gangster Disciples).

The other group established had deep roots and this was the Black Egyptian Cobra Souls from the K-Town area of North Lawndale.  This group came from the notorious Egyptian Cobras that was once the biggest gang on the west side of Chicago.  The Cobras were founded in 1954 in the Maxwell Street Market area of the Near West Side then soon migrated to K-Town in 1955. By the early 60s only two groups stood tall in North Lawndale which were the Vice Lords and Egyptian Cobras.  The Cobras were strong with a deep history but by the early 70s they were becoming something of the past and were part of old ways dying out, but some Cobras wanted to keep it going but could no longer maintain on their own and were facing complete extinction by 1975.  These Cobras were about making money, and this drove them to become part of the Black Souls.  Willie Jones was the Egyptian Cobra that made this arrangement and was now part of the Black Soul council running the Cobra Souls faction beginning in 1975.

The Impressionist gang was still lingering in the North Lawndale K-Town area and just like the Cobras the Impressionists became part of the Black Souls; however, I am not sure which group they attached themselves to, but it could have been either with the GBS or Soul Brothers.  The Impressionists became the “Impressionist Black Souls.”

Being part of the original west side Supreme Gangsters Wayne “Jack Bobo” Edwards had strong ties to Larry Hoover and the Gangsters and was able to get a network of cash flowing especially since Supreme Gangsters were big money makers since their inception on the south side in 1964.  The two forces combined would turn large profits in East Garfield Park and in K-Town until Jack Bobo became a certified millionaire.

In 1981, the Impressionist Black Souls got big at Pulaski and Wilcox in West Garfield Park and even flipped Mad Black Souls.  This developed a on and off rivalry between IBS and MBS.

In that same year of 1981 Folk and People had now spread to the streets and most gangs that were attached to either side now represented it in the streets; however, the Black Souls as an entire organization chose not to identify with either side.  Some groups of Souls were claiming Folks in the 1980s like the Outlaw Soul Brothers were claiming Folks and many times Gangster Black Souls claimed Folk.  Mad Black Soul groups and Solid Black Souls many times would claim People alliance.  It all depends on where the Soul group is located and who they do business with at the time.  Some Soul groups despise Gangster Disciples while other groups embrace them, some Soul groups despise Four Corner Hustlers and Vice Lords while other groups embrace them.  For the most part, most Soul groups are in a rivalry with Vice Lords especially Traveling Vice Lords.  This shows how versatile and how flexible the Black Souls are.  Black Souls put business before loyalty to an alliance which allows them to be flexible and not limited.  This prevents Black Souls from being eliminated by Folk or People because they tap into key areas of each side offering enterprise with whomever allies with them and death for those that oppose.  In many ways the Black Souls are well-organized.  I have rarely seen any attachment to the People alliance, it is a Folks attachment for certain factions if anything.

On December 9, 1983, the Black Souls murdered a Vice Lord chief by the name of Jerome Wells.  According to court documents Black Soul members were infuriated over the death of Black Soul member Tom Slick and now they wanted revenge.  According to court documents about 8 or 9 members of the Black Souls met at gang member Eddie Wood’s apartment that was located somewhere on Van Buren Street.  Woods had a whole lot of guns in his apartment and was able to pass them out; he was also able to test one of the shotguns out in the hallway, which shows that obviously residents were not bothered by gunshots in the building or were very intimidated.  The Black Souls marked Vice Lord Chief Jerome Wells for death, and Wells lived right across a vacant lot in an apartment building next door, this is also the building where Black Soul member Larry Gross’ mother lived.  The plan was for four teams of two gang members each to go across the open lot and into the nearby building and into Larry Gross’ mom’s apartment and drink beer until the lookout told them Wells was coming.  Later, they made it to the building and Wells came home to his 7th floor apartment, he was then ambushed by Black Souls and shot several times.  Larry Gross, Eddie Woods, John Mahogany, and Willie Atkins were all charged with murder (People vs. Atkins).  This murder showed that the Black Souls would retaliate heavily if a rival gang would kill one of their own.

Another case to note involved the Black Outlaw Soul Brothers of K-Town. This was a section that has viciously fought against the Vice Lords. The Outlaw Soul Brothers guarded their territory tightly and expected rival Vice Lords to comply by staying out of the area.  On the night of January 22, 1984, Vice Lord gang members Keith “Chip” Jordan had become a victim of a brutal gang beating from the Outlaw Soul Brothers.  According to court documents Keith Jordan was walking alone through Soul Brother territory at 16^th and Harding when Soul Brother gang members Kenneth “Keno” Anderson, “Zel,” and Larry Glasco flashed gang signs at Jordan and screamed out “Folks poppin, People droppin!”  A series of hand signs were exchanged as Soul Brothers threw down the Vice Lords, then the three Soul Brothers chased Jordan who slipped and fell, Zel and Glasco proceeded to beat Jordan with a pipe and a large wooden stick, then Keno jumped in to attack Jordan.  The only reason the men stopped was because a female witness began screaming, then they wanted to go after her when she tried to help Jordan, but she managed to run away and call police.  According to court documents Jordan died later of severe head trauma and Zel and Glasco were not convicted but Kenneth “Keno” Anderson was convicted (People vs. Anderson, 1987).

Black Soul leader Sam McKay was put in prison in the year 1992 after leading the Gangster Black Soul faction for some time.  In 1992 when McKay was put in prison and Wayne Edwards took over most GBS functions directly, another new group of Souls started called the New Life Impressionist Black Souls that started at 19th and Pulaski in North Lawndale.  Willie Jones was put away for murder at some point.

Sam McKay ran the Gangster Black Souls from 1975 until 1992 on the streets.  On November 13, 1987, according to court documents in the case of People vs. Murray, Sam McKay ordered the deaths of Brian Fowler and DeJuan Buck.  Fowler and Buck were selling drugs near the intersection of Fulton and Kedzie in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.  The Black Souls were running a major drug house at address 3233 West Fulton which was right at that intersection and these young drug dealers were infringing on McKay’s turf according to court documents.  McKay got together with Kevin Murray, “Jet,” “Paris” and Tyrone Washington to plan out the murder and Jet brought in a gym bag with two Uzi machine guns.  McKay said the two must die according to court documents.  Kevin Murray then became the driver and escorted Jet and Washington to go out looking for the two dealers, eventually they spotted the two dealers then Jet and Washington got out of the car and shot the two dealers dead in a back alley by 3300 West Fulton, they then got in the car driven by Murray who served as the getaway driver and was also said to be Sam McKay’s personal driver according to court documents.  Kevin Murray also was a drug dealer in the Black Souls that moved drugs under McKay according to court documents.  Murray and Washington were charged with murder and sentenced to life in prison, for some reason Sam McKay was never brought up on charges in this case (People vs. Murray, 1993).

The Black Souls were very serious about their drug turf from the start.  This was apparent in the November 13, 1987, murder of two rival drug dealers.  Another example of the Black Souls flexing their muscles in East Garfield Park came on the night of August 4, 1990, at the intersection of Adams and Francisco.  At this intersection is a two-story apartment building that John “Screwball” Barnes was running a crack cocaine operation on the second floor of the building that was rented by his tenants Claude “Blood” Benson, “J.C.” and Floyd Spencer.  Screwball supplied the drugs and brought it the building and would give the drugs to Carol Ramsey who would then give the drugs to Charles Williams who sold the drugs in the apartment while Benson collected the money and brought the proceeds back to the Black Souls which Benson was a member of according to court documents.  Carol Ramsey lived in the building on the first floor with a Gangster Disciple gang member named Reginald Jett. Drug users were able to stay inside the building and smoke their crack, which meant this place was a “smokehouse.”  This crack house was jointly operated by members of the Black Souls and the Gangster Disciples, I am not sure if Screwball was a member of either gang.  On the night of August 4^th Claude Benson argued with Carol Ramsey that Screwball owed the Black Souls money and because of this the drug operation had to cease activity or the building would be burned down, when Screwball allegedly refused according to court documents, a Gangster Disciple gang member and Jeffery Todd Wilson, a Black Soul gang member, then doused the place in gasoline then lit it on fire while they yelled for everyone to get out, then there were two explosions as the building blew up. The men were paid $200 to light the fire according to court documents.  Two men died in the blast, Floyd Spencer and Lee Burnett, Wilson was charged with murder and sentenced to life in prison (People vs. Wilson, 1998).

In the year 1991, the Four Corner Hustlers were now being ran by Angelo Roberts.  To not only secure Robert’s position, but to also increase profits and the power of the Four Corner Hustlers the 4s passed down the black diamond concepts to the Mad Black Souls.  This was supposed to be a tester concept drawn up by now deceased Four Corner Hustler leader Monroe Banks to engrain into young 4s that they were independent of the Vice Lord nation.  The black diamond concepts then got confused as a way to break away from the People alliance; however, that not really was the case.  Because of the great independence the diamond stood for it became a great concept for young MBS’ to adopt to and this would help 4s and Souls do business together.  Roberts now invited the Souls into the Rockwell Gardens projects for some years until war broke out with the 4s in those buildings in the later 90s.

The Black Souls kept a smooth operation throughout the 1970s and 1980s not gaining much publicity until 1993 as the Black Souls were thought of as a Black Gangster Disciple faction and nothing more especially since the Gangster Black Souls faction had such tight relations with GDs on the west side and south side.

By the year 1993 the Black Souls were being targeted by law enforcement for selling millions of dollars’ worth of drugs in the streets.  The Souls were a major threat because of their complex drug trade and their propensity for violence if their drug turf was to be infringed on.  During the 1990s law enforcement and the media focused on Wayne “Jack Bobo” Edwards as he was known to be connected to the Chicago Outfit and was a big-time drug dealer.  There was even a saying drug addicts would sing a song as a parity to the popular George Michaels hit song “Wake me up…before you go go…I need to buy more dope…from our boy Jack Bobo.”  Jack Bobo would eventually face incarceration for some time then eventually retire from the street life in more recent years.

The Mad Black Souls main base become Walnut and Homan in East Garfield Park as they have been at war with Gangster Disciples and Unknown Vice Lords.  MBS here is cool with Traveling Vice Lords from Chicago Ave and St. Louis.

The Souls have had legendary wars with the New Breeds and Vice Lords but in other parts of the city they are business partners.  The Souls do not need to ally with Folk or People.  The Souls operate like a chameleon, they adopt to their surroundings to get what they need and survive and this is how they have grown over the years and even opened up in the suburbs and other states, while multiplying into the thousands.  The Black Souls continue to be a major part of Austin, East Garfield Park, North Lawndale, and West Garfield Park communities with several big-time members residing on these streets.

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Known decks of the Black Souls past and present

Austin neighborhood Established 1975-present years

Decks of Austin

Thomas to Augusta, Leamington to Leclaire (LT Souls, Mad Black Souls shared with Four Corner Hustlers)

Huron to Ohio, Leclaire to Lavergne

Hubbard to Kinzie, Lavergne to Cicero (The Hub)

Lake to Maypole, Lavergne to Cicero (Gangster Black Souls)

Fulton & Cicero (Gangster Black Souls)

Washington & Cicero

Chicago Ave to Augusta, LaVergne to Laramie (Hunit Mob, Insane New Life Impressionist Black Souls)

Huron to Kinzie, Laramie to Lavergne (E.M.G/Erie Money Gang, Insane Black Soul Outlaws)

Cicero to Lavergne, Superior to Kinzie (Rollin 5000 Cicero Nation, Insane Solid Black Souls)

East Garfield Park neighborhood Established 1969-present years

Decks of East Garfield Park

Fulton to Lake, Central Park to Homan (Gangster Black Souls)

Fulton to Lake, Kedzie to Sacramento (New Life Black Souls)

Washington to Madison, Homan to California (Gangster Black Souls and Mad Black Souls) Established 1969-present years

Flournoy to Lexington, Kedzie to Sacramento

Madison to Jackson, Sacramento to Kedzie (M.S.B/Madison Soul Brothers, Insane Black Soul Brothers)

Madison to Jackson, Homan to Central Park Ave (H.S.B/Homan Soul Brothers, Insane Black Soul Brothers)

Fulton to Warren, Kedzie to Homan (Newport Short Gang, Insane Black Soul Outlaws)

Carrol to Warren, Sacramento to Kedzie (F.S.B/Fulton Soul Block, Insane Black Soul Outlaws)

Madison to Jackson, Kedzie to Central Park Ave (5^th City, Insane Solid Black Souls)

Carrol to Lake, Sacramento to California (Rollin 3000 Quiet Mobb, Insane Solid Black Souls)

5^th and Sacramento (Gangster Black Souls, Shared with New Breeds and Gangster Disciples)

Fulton & California (Mad Black Souls)

Walnut & Kedzie (Mad Black Souls)

Wilcox & Washtenaw (Mad Black Souls)

Arthington & Central Park Ave

5^th & Albany

Near West Side neighborhood Established 1991-late 1990s

Decks of Near West Side

Rockwell Gardens projects

North Lawndale neighborhood Established 1968 as Soul Brothers-present years

Decks of North Lawndale

14^th to 16^th, Kostner to Tripp (K Town Souls, Gangster Black Souls, 16^th and Kostner shared with New Breeds)

16^th to Cermak, Avers to Harding (A.M.G/Avers Money Gang, shared with Conservative Vice Lords Insane New Life Impressionist Black Souls)

16^th to Ogden, Homan to Sawyer

16^th & Kilbourn

South Shore neighborhood

Decks of South Shore

Oglesby from 69^th to 70^th (0.S.B/Oglesby Soul Block, Insane Black Soul Brothers)

West Garfield Park neighborhood 1968-present years

Decks of West Garfield Park

Washington to Monroe, Kostner to Karlov (Impressionist Black Souls and Mad Black Souls)

Wilcox to Gladys, Pulaski to Springfield

Monroe from Karlov to Pulaski (Mad Black Souls)

Madison to Jackson, Pulaski to Kostner (Rollin 4000 D-Block, Insane Solid Black Souls)

Adams & Pulaski

5^th and Kostner

West End & Kilbourn

West Humboldt Park neighborhood Established 1969-mid-1970s

Decks of West Humboldt Park

Monticello and Ohio (Mad Black Souls) Established 1969-mid-1970s

Suburbs

Bellwood

Bolingbrook

Oak Park

Summit (Argo projects)

Gary, IND