King David and boss Daley : the Black Disciples, Mayor Daley, and Chicago on the edge

Title:

Author:

Williams, Lance, 1962- author.

ISBN:

9781633887862

Personal Author:

Williams, Lance, 1962- author.

Physical Description:

xvi, 321 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

General Note:

Source of cataloging data: WCP

Abstract:

"In Chicago in mid-twentieth century amid the haze and smoke of urban renewal and the sounds of the wrecking balls and bulldozers, there lived two men, both street-savvy, one Black, one Irish, one young, one old and both leaders of their clans. Each ruled with an iron fist. Each embodied the fighting spirit of the turbulent 1960s. One was David Barksdale, the Black Disciples leader, a Black youth club that would give birth to America's largest street gang; the other was Richard J. Daley, the legendary Mayor of the City of Chicago. He was one of the longest-serving, most prominent mayors in American history and the last of the big-city "bosses." Although the two never met, at least not face-to-face, their fates were linked by a time of change, an era of protest, which was a decisive moment of transformational power that was on the verge of a violent uprising in America's second-largest city"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

IN THE BEGINNING -- Bronzeville -- The Hamburg Athletic Association -- The 11th Ward -- From Sallis, Mississippi, to Chicago -- The Master Plan -- The Illinois Institute of Technology Land Grab -- The University of Chicago Joins the Fight Against Blacks -- Whites Attack -- The Peoria Street Incident -- Breaking the Block -- Da Mayor and Da Outfit -- Mob Money -- The Dan Ryan Expressway -- One Hand Washes the Other -- The Triden League -- ENGLEWOOD -- The Test -- Ms. Sylvia's Lounge -- Corrupt Cops -- The 65th Street Boys -- Robert Taylor Homes -- The Black Policy Kings of Chicago -- Ivy Leaguers and Gousters -- St. Bernard's Church -- The Egyptian Cobras -- The Freedom Day School Boycott -- The Devil's Disciples -- East Side Disciples -- Cowboy -- THE DALEY FINESSE: MLK, SCLC, AND THE CHICAGO FREEDOM MOVEMENT -- James Bevel -- The Chicago Freedom Movement -- Gang Violence Escalates -- Summer 1966 -- The Bud Billiken Day Parade -- Summer 1966 -- The Summit -- The Gang Intelligence Unit -- Early Support -- The Gas Station -- King David and Skinny Chief -- TWO -- The Job Training Program -- "The Disciples Story" / The Money Flows -- Youth Action Centers -- Valentine's Day, 1968 -- The Black Nationalists -- Memorial Day -- Indiana Dunes -- Larry and Ike -- The War Begins -- Larry Shot -- Larry Shot, Again -- The Blackstone Rangers Visit the Supreme Gangsters -- "Bum Baby Bum" -- "Shoot to Kill" -- The 1968 Peace Treaty -- Whack-a-Mole: Truces, Peace Treaties, and Cease-Fires -- 1969: THE YEAR THE BLACK DISCIPLES WENT BLACK POWER -- The Black Disciples -- Black Disciples, Inc. -- David Takes the Black Disciples Downtown -- The Black Panthers -- The Mayor's War on Black Gangs -- Daley's Gang Conference -- O.G.'s Business Group -- 47th Street Black Disciples -- Kresge's -- Maceo T. Bowie -- Our Redeemer Lutheran Church -- Parker High School -- Englewood and Parker High School Protests -- Black Gangster Disciple Nation -- David Sick -- The LSD Movement -- IN THE END -- The Shakedown: The Biggest Stickup in the History of the Black Power Movement -- The Black Disciples' Free Breakfast Program -- The Mayor's Sixty-Eighth Birthday Gift -- The Englewood Police Station -- Reverend Jesse "James" Jackson -- The Guys and Gals Lounge -- The Supreme Gangsters on the West Side -- The Beginning of the Black Disciple/Gangster Disciple Split -- The Murder -- CPD Hit Squad -- The Coming of Heroin -- The Death of Bossism -- 1972 DNC.

Subject Term:

Gang members -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.

African American gangs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.

Mayors -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.

Violence -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.

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In Chicago in mid-twentieth century amid the haze and smoke of urban renewal and the sounds of the wrecking balls and bulldozers, there lived two men, both street-savvy, one Black, one Irish, one young, one old and both leaders of their clans. Each ruled with an iron fist. Each embodied the fighting spirit of the turbulent 1960s. One was David Barksdale, the Black Disciples leader, a Black youth club that would give birth to America's largest street gang; the other was Richard J. Daley, the legendary Mayor of the City of Chicago. He was one of the longest-serving, most prominent mayors in American history and the last of the big-city "bosses." Although the two never met, at least not face-to-face, their fates were linked by a time of change, an era of protest, which was a decisive moment of transformational power that was on the verge of a violent uprising in America's second-largest city.

This is a book that is as lively as its subject. A braided narrative of two larger than life people, it has the boldness to combine two oddly related 1960s stories into a single narrative that is both intimate and epic. One captures the unlikely story of a Negro boy whose share-cropping family migrated from rural Mississippi to Chicago, where he started a street gang that became the largest in America. The book's other path follows America's last big city "boss," whose persona is legendary and bigger than life. While historians, political pundits, and those who knew him speak of "Hizzonor" as being a proud, Irish-Catholic who was the long-time godfather of the Chicago Democratic Party and Mayor who saved Chicago from becoming another Detroit or Cleveland, they also acknowledge that he was a fierce segregationist. He had a contentious relationship with civil rights leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Richard Daley also played a significant role in the history of the United States Democratic Party.

Williams an internationally recognized gang expert and interventionist, eloquently tells the story of these men, their clans, and their on-going struggle for power, status, and legacy. However unheard of and unimaginable, some of the incidents may seem, this is not a work of fiction. Everything written comes from archival documents, official reports, focus groups, in-depth interviews, or first-hand accounts. The action takes place mostly in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. Still, there are some occasions where the action takes place in Bronzeville, the Woodlawn community, on the West Side of the City and downtown.