Bishops
The story of the Bishops goes back to the early 1970s in the Pilsen section of the Lower West Side neighborhood. Bobby G was the …
Gangs
Gaylords
The Gaylords are one the oldest street gangs in Chicago. We will begin by tracing their roots that date all the way back to the …
Harrison Gents
The story of the Harrison Gents begins in the year 1957 when a group of Puerto Rican, Irish and African American boys from Harrison and …
Ambrose
Ambrose was formed in 1954 in the Little Italy section of the Near West Side neighborhood by 7 boys that were around pre-teen age. Ambrose …
Brazers
The Brazers story starts out on the south west side of Chicago at the intersection of 19th and Marshfield in the Heart of Chicago section …
Black P Stones
To begin the story of the Black P Stones it is first important to understand some background of the area in which the Stones began …
14th Street Clovers
The story of the Clovers dates back to the year 1949 in the Maxwell Street Market section of the Near West Side neighborhood. Black southerners …
Imperial Chaplins
Black southerners had been migrating to the Near West Side for decades before the 1940s but migration picked up in the early 1940s and blacks …