Almighty Vice Lord Nation
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 Almighty Vice Lord Nation  (Gang)   | |
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| Formation | 1957 |
| Headquarters | Chicago |
| Sponsored by | Rockefeller Foundation |
The Almighty Vice Lord Nation (later: Conservative Vice Lords) is the second-largest and one of the oldest street and prison gangs in Chicago. Its total membership is estimated to be between 30,000 and 35,000.
Rockefeller grant
In 1970, two Vice Lord leaders, Alfonso Alfred and Bobby Gore, applied for a $275,000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, which approved it.[1][2][3][4] This particular era is documented in the 1970 film, Lord Thing. Those featured in the film include Bobby Gore, Kenneth "Goat" Parks, Eddy "Pepilo" Perry, Don McIlvaine, Leonard Sengali and William Franklin.[5]
Sponsor
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| Rockefeller Foundation |
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References
- ↑ Wikipedia: The Chicago Crime Commission Gang Book, 2006, Curran Kirby, Kate; Mars Eghigian; Jr. and Joseph Petrenko - In James W. Wagner (ed.). Chicago Crime Commission. pp. 18–20. OCLC 70236857.
- ↑ https://www.washingtoninformer.com/beyond-the-rhetoric-street-gangs-chicago-style/
- ↑ https://plainsightprod.medium.com/vice-lords-inc-add50f7e7f95
- ↑ https://inthesetimes.com/article/conservative-vice-lords-as-a-model-for-community-organizing
- ↑ https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/16286
