Ghetto brother

Description:

"An engrossing and 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 an incredibly 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 or 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" --

subjects: Community activists,  Gangs,  Puerto Ricans,  Gang members,  Sephardim,  Biography,  Comic books, strips,  Comics & graphic novels, crime & mystery,  New york (n.y.), fiction,  Peace-building,  Gangsters,  Biographies,  Bandes dessinées,  Portoricains,  Séfarades,  Consolidation de la paix,  Graphic novels

People: Benjy Melendez (1952-)

Places: New York,  New York (State),  Bronx (New York, N.Y.)