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Black Brothers Inc. The Violent Rise and Fall of Philadelphia's Black Mafia

In this 464 page book of which 104 pages are notes. Sean Patrick Griffin starts by drawing the big picture with the 1940s migration from the south.

The advent of Blacks arrival in the big cities during the end of the industrial period (a time of declining job opportunities). The rampant youth crime, and John F Kennedy's efforts to fight it with community based initiatives. He then goes on to dissect the cause and effect on Philadelphia's Black community in this national effort. 

Sean Patrick Griffin in surreal detail, lays out the twist and turns, the political and religious associations. Recounts of the many bloody events that transpired during this groups reign.

Included are charts of the structure of the Black mafia. Pictures and names of the major players, including the dead bodies lying in the streets of some of them who met violent fates. Black Brothers inc.. a guaranteed chilling read.

Black Brothers, Inc.: The Violent Rise and Fall of the Philadelphia Black Mafia
Black Brothers, Inc.: The Violent Rise and Fall of the Philadelphia Black Mafia

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