Word: ganges
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...film Black and Gold, how one defines "downtown" makes all the difference. A Big Noise film, Black and Gold was made by Jacqueline R. Sooher '90 and Rick Rowley '90 and documents the apparent transformation of the Latin Kings, the largest and most powerful street gang in New York City. In 1994, they became the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation, claiming to have abandoned their criminal past and following the examples of the Black Panthers and the Young Lords, a Latino street gang that became a political force in the late 1960s in Chicago. This change to a socially...
...Nation is not to be confused with the League of Women Voters or the American Association of Retired Persons. They refuse to accept nonviolence as the only alternative, preferring militant action. The NYPD calls the Nation of over 3,000 members "a vicious gang with a P.R. campaign." One member of the Nation declared, "Let's get one thing clear: if you fuck with the Kings, then you have to be prepared to deal with the consequences...
...Nation has gone "downtown," why are the police so concerned? According to Richie Perez, the founder of the Young Lords, the police ignore gang activity as long as the gangs are fighting each other. Their greatest fear, says Perez, is that "street gangs will become politicized." King Tone describes his dedication to this cause, saying "I'm willing to die to change my people's condition." Responding to the arrests of "Operation Crown," Tone states "that's power-when they arrest you for nothing but being...
...film Black and Gold, how one defines "downtown" makes all the difference. A Big Noise film, Black and Gold was made by Jacqueline R. Sooher '90 and Rick Rowley '90 and documents the apparent transformation of the Latin Kings, the largest and most powerful street gang in New York City. In 1994, they became the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation, claiming to have abandoned their criminal past and following the examples of the Black Panthers and the Young Lords, a Latino street gang that became a political force in the late 1960s in Chicago. This change to a socially...
...Nations is not be confused with the League of Women Voters or the American Association of Retired Persons. They refuse to accept nonviolence as the only alternative, preferring militant action. The NYPD calls the Nation of over 3,000 members "a vicious gang with a P.R. campaign." One member of the Nation declared, "Let's get one thing clear: if you fuck with the Kings, then you have to be prepared to deal with the consequences...