Anyone familiar with the story of Philadelphia’s Black Mafia knows the name Sam Christian. Christian died this week, and with the always invaluable assistance of
Black Entertainment Television (BET) produced the “Philly Black Mafia: ‘Do for Self’” episode of their wildly popular American Gangster program back in 2007, and it
by Eric C. Schneider, Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia Crime is inextricably linked to Philadelphia’s shifting economic fortunes. Its history reflects the region’s status as a
As many people know, the topic of Philadelphia’s Black Mafia has its own Wikipedia entry – “Black Mafia“. I probably should have publicly commented on
I can’t guess how many people have asked me when, if ever, Black Brothers, Inc. would be available on Amazon.com’s popular Kindle. Well, the moment
[Note: This was originally posted in December 2010 and has been updated in September, November, and December 2019, and in January 2020] Far from the
[Note: this post was updated as of September 2020 to reflect that BET no longer posts the episode online and that it may be found
Discussed quite a bit in the latter portion of the updated (2007) version of my Black Brothers, Inc, Dawud Bey is back in the news.
According to an analysis of best-selling sociology titles published in the Spring 2010 issue of Contexts*, Black Brothers, Inc.: The Violent Rise and Fall of
I was interviewed some time ago by journalist/author Frank Owen for a piece he was writing on the Philly underworld. In particular, he was examining