| Descript |
127 pages chiefly illustrations 23 cm |
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"Based on true events"--Title page verso |
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A "counter view of one of the most dangerous elements of American urban history, this graphic novel tells the true story of Benjy Melendez, son of Puerto-Rican immigrants, who founded, at the end of the 1960s, the notorious Ghetto Brothers gang. From the seemingly bombed-out ravages of his neighborhood, wracked by drugs, poverty, and violence, he managed to extract ... positive energy from this riot-ridden era: his multiracial gang promoted peace rather than violence. After initiating a gang truce, the Ghetto Brothers held weekly concerts on the streets of in abandoned buildings, which fostered the emergence of hip-hop. Melendez also began to reclaim his Jewish roots after learning about his family's dramatic crypto-Jewish background"-- Provided by publisher |
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Melendez, Benjy
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Ghetto Brothers
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Pacifism
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Antirasism
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Hiphop
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Gängmedlemmar
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Gangs -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Sephardim -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
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Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
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Gang members -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
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Community activists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
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Förenta staterna -- New York
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Bronx (New York, N.Y) -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
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Tecknade serier
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Serieromaner
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Biografiska skildringar
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| Classmark |
741.5973
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| Alt Auth |
Ahlering, Claudia
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9781561639489 (pbk.) |
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