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Moore, a reporter for WBEZ’s south-side bureau, and Lance Williams, the son of a former Vice Lord and an associate professor at Northeastern Illinois University, use the notorious Chicago street gang as a jumping-off point for examining the genesis of the city’s enduring gang violence. In their book The Almighty Black P Stone Nation: The Rise, Fall, and Resurgence of an American Gang (Lawrence Hill Books), Natalie Y. The harder task is to fathom the complexities of Chicago’s decades of gang violence, and to come to terms with how little has changed.

It’s easy to blame gangs for what’s happening on Chicago’s streets these days, and it was just as easy to blame them in 1968. In one month, close to four dozen Chicagoans would die in acts of gang violence. Shots rang out not just on street corners but in school hallways. It was only the third week of school, and already 12 boys had been killed in gang-related shootings on the south side. Best of Chicago 2022: Sports & Recreation.Best of Chicago 2022: Music & Nightlife.Get your Best of Chicago tickets! Ticket prices go up May 15 > Close