Ghetto brother
warrior to peacemaker
by Julian Voloj
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"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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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 novelsPeople
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Ghetto Brother: Warrior to Peacemaker
2015, NBM Publishing Company
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Ghetto Brother: Warrior to Peacemaker
2015, NBM Publishing Company
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Ghetto Brother: Warrior to Peacemaker
2015, NBM Publishing Company
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"Based on true events" -- title page verso.
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