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The Black Guerrilla Family (BGF, also known as the Black Gorilla Family, [6] [7] the Black Family, [8] the Black Vanguard, [9] and Jamaa [8]) is an African American black power prison gang, street gang, and political organization founded in 1966 by George Jackson, George "Big Jake" Lewis, and W.L. Nolen while they were incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California.
Allies: Black Guerrilla Family [1] Rivals: Aryan Brotherhood: Dead Man Inc. or DMI is a predominantly white organized crime enterprise. It was founded in prison and ...
The Black Guerrilla Family represents an exception, as an originally politically based group that has a significant presence in prisons and prison politics. It was founded in 1966 at San Quentin State Prison, California by former Black Panther member George L. Jackson. [25]
Jackson’s death, and his writings, and the forming of the Black Guerrilla Family prison Black power gang, brought the justice system’s racial disparities into general public discussion.
W.L. Nolen (December 13, 1943 – January 13, 1970) [1] was an American convict who co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family in San Quentin State Prison in 1966 along with George Jackson. [2] Nolen is considered the mentor of Jackson and is often credited with introducing Jackson to radical left-wing politics .
The group also has an alliance with the Mexican Mafia (La Eme), as the two are mutual enemies of Black Guerrilla Family. [39] Other rival gangs include the Black P. Stones, Bloods, Crips, D.C. Blacks, and Nuestra Familia. [5] [13] [14] The Brotherhood has associated in criminal ventures with the Hells Angels.
Along with the Crips and Bloods, Kumi 415 members have recently provided recruitment pools for the Black Guerrilla Family, a gang with similarly large numbers in the Bay area and Northern California. In the Monterey County Jail , brief alliances have been reported among the Bloods, Crips, and Kumi 415 during the period leading up to Stanley ...
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