Every hour and 56 min a person is shot in Chicago & every 10 hours and 22 min a person is murdered in Chicago some of these areas are so dangerous that the residents are informed to not sit on there porch because of the dangers of being shot, Chicago ended 2022 with 695 murders, a decrease from the 836 killings the city experienced the year before
In the 1960s the Conservative Vice Lords transformed themselves from a street gang into an organization devoted to the economic and social empowerment of the African American community in Lawndale, Illinois.
Their story has been largely forgotten and their accomplishments remain hidden from the present generation. A majority of Chicagoans are unaware of the momentous events that took place in one of Chicago's poorest Black neighborhoods
The CVL proved that young Black people from the streets can unite and build a better future. They also showed that their steps forward would be vehemently opposed by the white political establishment
This is the pictorial story of their successes and of one of the greatest lost opportunities in the history of America.
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