Black Gangsters of Chicago

by Ron Chepesiuk author Bad Henry: The Murderous Rampage of the Taco Bell Strangler and othe

Overview

Less obvious than perhaps Al Capone, but perhaps even more vicious are the names of John Mushmouth Johnson, Jeff Fort and Larry Hoover from the Chicago underworld. Ron Chepesiuk reveals, for the first time, the stories of these African American gangsters who were every bit as powerful, intriguing and colorful as the Windy City's more famous white gangsters. Each page is more exciting than the previous as Ron Chepesiuk exposes never-before-known facts about the black gangsters that once ruled the Chicago streets.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781569804094
Publisher:	Barricade Books, Incorporated
Publication date:	08/29/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	563,622
File size:	2 MB

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