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
I have been so consumed with putting the finishing touches on my forthcoming book on the NBA betting scandal that I haven’t posted about the
by U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Dawud Bey, 41, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with Kaboni Savage, charged in a separate indictment, and
Black Entertainment Television (BET) has posted the entire (40 min.) “Philly Black Mafia: ‘Do for Self’” episode of their wildly popular American Gangster program. I
On occasion, I am asked about Philadelphia-based filmmaker – and muckraker – Tigre Hill. I came to know Tigre during the course of research for