Black Gangsters of Chicago

by Ron Chepesiuk

Overview

Chicago has long been a haven of organized from, home to such celebrated figures as Al Capone, Lucky Luciano and Sam Giancana. In Black Gangsters of Chicago, author Ron Chepesiuk focuses on a lesser known group,the annals of black organized crime in Chicago, characters who have had as deep and unique an influence on organized crime in the Windy City. The author profiles the key players in the nation’s largest black organized crime population and traces the murderous evolution of the gangs and rackets that define Chicago’s violent underworld.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781569805053
Publisher:	Barricade Books, Incorporated
Publication date:	04/07/2014
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	334
Sales rank:	643,037
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Ron Chepesiuk is an award-winning investigative journalist, film producer and author. He is a Fulbright scholar, an adjunct professor in the journalism department of UCLA’s Extension Division and a consultant to the History Channel’s “Gangland” documentary series.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     ix
Prologue     1
The Rise of the Policy Kings     7
All That Jazz     24
The Jones Boys     45
The Outfit Makes Its Move     64
Policy's New Era     83
In the Beginning: The Advent of the Vice Lords     105
Angel of the 'Hood     125
Behind Bars     150
The Terrorism Connection     171
Taking Down the Chairman     197
An Independent Nation of Crime     224
The Beat Goes On     246
On the Move     267
Epilogue     287
Bibliography     291
Index     319