by Jeremy Roebuck, The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA He fought off conviction for a second time last week. On Tuesday, Joseph “Uncle Joe” Ligambi could
by David Gambacorta, The Philadelphia Inquirer Maybe the crab cakes will taste better in the slammer. Robert “Bootsie” Verrecchia pleaded guilty Wednesday to helping
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
Very few people have had the kind of impact on the niche field of organized crime research as Donald R. Cressey. Here, then, is part
[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