An edition of Ghetto brother (2015)

Ghetto brother

warrior to peacemaker

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An edition of Ghetto brother (2015)

Ghetto brother

warrior to peacemaker

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  • ★★★★ 4.0 (1 rating) ·
  • 4 Want to read
  • 1 Have read

"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" --

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English
Pages
127

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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.)

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Ghetto brother: warrior to peacemaker
2015
in English
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Ghetto Brother
Jun 18, 2015, Sapristi
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Ghetto Brother: Warrior to Peacemaker
2015, NBM Publishing Company
in English
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Cover of: Ghetto Brother
Ghetto Brother: Warrior to Peacemaker
2015, NBM Publishing Company
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Ghetto Brother
Ghetto Brother: Warrior to Peacemaker
2015, NBM Publishing Company
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

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Edition Notes

"Based on true events" -- title page verso.

Copyright Date
2015

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
974.7275043092
Library of Congress
HV6439.U7 V65 2015, HV6439.U7

The Physical Object

Pagination
127 pages
Number of pages
127

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27185449M
Internet Archive
ghettobrotherwar0000volo
ISBN 10
1561639486
ISBN 13
9781561639489
LCCN
2015931382
OCLC/WorldCat
893454015

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