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1 online resource |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Summary |
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, a Bronx legend, 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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Rated M |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Melendez, Benjy, 1952- -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Ghetto Brothers -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Gang members -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Gangs -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Community activists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Sephardim -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Comic books, strips, etc.
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Electronic books.
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Graphic novels.
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| Added Author |
Ahlering, Claudia, 1972- illustrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781561639496 (electronic bk.) |
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1561639494 (electronic bk.) |
| Music No. |
MWT11597329 |
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