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318 - Bloods and Crips - America's Deadliest Gang Rivalry

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

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Black Americans in the South Central Los Angeles Area

In the 1950s, the overwhelming majority of residents of South Central Los Angeles were black due to years of legal discrimination. African Americans had begun moving to LA in large numbers shortly after 1900 for the next 40 years the numbers doubled every decade. By 1940, they represented slightly more than 4% of the total population. And right from the beginning, the city was segregated because of racially restrictive housing covenants written into property deeds.

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