In the Gang Crisis article by William Triplett, it mentioned stories about how many gangs are trying to kill each other off, not only in California and New York but in several other states, and how the number of gangs has increased each year (Triplett). ... In California alone there are more that 46 gangs, some of the most popular gangs are the Blood and the Crips (which happen to be known nationwide, I know of some Crips members here in our very own Salt Lake City). And there is the Mara Salvatrucha and Latin Kings, which are the most feared Latin gangs in California (Keever). ... According t...

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"Near six o"clock on the evening of January 31, 1919, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born somewhere near the town of Cairo in Grady County in southern Georgia" (Rampersad 10). Robinson moved to California when he was a young child and that is where he grew up. ... After finishing his junior college career, Robinson was offered a scholarship to play for the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). ...

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The "Whites Only" signs, as prevalent in Miami as they were in other southern cities, stood everywhere as reminders in case someone forgot. ... Since the city's birth, Miami had been strongly opposed to hiring blacks as police officers, as was generally true throughout the southern states. ... "Invited by NAACP," as the upper heading reads, the article informs the public of Representative James Roosevelt of California, a leading advocate of civil rights and the speech he"ll be making later that day. ...

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While serving as Pontifex Maximus, Hale was attending Southern Illinois University and obtaining his Law degree. ... In California COTC members Geremy von Rineman and Jill Scarborough were arrested in a plot to bomb Los Angeles' largest black church. 1995 John McLaughlin, a close friend of Matt Hale, is sentenced to 2- ½ years probation after he is convicted of stockpiling weapons that were in the words of the COTC meant for the "Ultimate race war."" 1997 Jules Fettu, a member of the WCOTC whom oversees the churches official web site, and two other WCOTC members are charged with ass...

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