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Black gangsters of Chicago / Ron Chepesiuk.
Van Pelt Library HV6439.U7 C45 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chepesiuk, Ron, 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American criminals--Illinois--Chicago.
- African American criminals.
- Criminals--Illinois--Chicago.
- Criminals.
- Gangsters--Illinois--Chicago.
- Gangsters.
- Organized crime--Illinois--Chicago.
- Organized crime.
- Chicago (Ill.)--History.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Physical Description:
- x, 334 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Fort Lee, N.J. : Barricade Books, [2007]
- Contents:
- 1 The Rise of the Policy Kings 7
- 2 All That Jazz 24
- 3 The Jones Boys 45
- 4 The Outfit Makes Its Move 64
- 5 Policy's New Era 83
- 6 In the Beginning: The Advent of the Vice Lords 105
- 7 Angel of the 'Hood 125
- 8 Behind Bars 150
- 9 The Terrorism Connection 171
- 10 Taking Down the Chairman 197
- 11 An Independent Nation of Crime 224
- 12 The Beat Goes On 246
- 13 On the Move 267.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-318) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781569803318
- 1569803315
- OCLC:
- 148773562
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