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The Rise and Fall of the Black Mafia

A deeply researched book by a former Philadelphian policeman-turned-academic chronicles the reign of an ultra-violent organized crime family.

By Tim Whitaker

Add Comment | Comments: 9 | Posted Oct. 8, 2003

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Philadelphia's 'Black Mafia': A Social & Political History; by Sean Patrick Griffin. Kluwer Academic Publishers, $32 (paperback). Only available at Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com.

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1. WILMOX said... on Jul 11, 2010 at 03:00PM

“WHITES HAVE BEEN ROBBING AND KILLING FOR YEARS AND HAS SOON AS BLACKS START DOING SOMETHING ITS A BIG DEAL AND BLOODLY MURDER,BUT YOU HAVE TOO ASK YOURSELF WHO DID THEY LEARN IT FROM.......WHITE PEOPLES.”

2. WILMOX said... on Jul 11, 2010 at 03:01PM

3. Tim said... on Oct 13, 2011 at 11:51AM

“Crime and corruption comes in all color........................”

4. Fred X said... on Dec 8, 2011 at 10:27PM

“As always, there is more than one point of view. From the main stream press's point of view, it will write about any Black nationalism group from a negative point of view. As anyone can see, it is always one sided. It will only write about the bad. It will never give a group that believes in Black Nationalism any credit for the good it does. On the surface, Griffin's conclusion that Black nationalism groups are killers and haters may look true.If a person looks beneath the surface, the only thing Black nationalism is fighting is colonalism and a unconscious belief in a group's feelings of inferiority.”

5. Chris Crum said... on Jun 19, 2012 at 01:56PM

“I use to buy pure heroin from the Colored Mafia in north Philly, these were tough bastards...”

6. B St. Cyr said... on Aug 20, 2012 at 12:04PM

“@ Wilmox, Man is inherently evil no matter what the color of his skin. So we as black people didn't have to learn it from anybody It's like Prego, it's in there.....we all (mankind) have the ability to be evil as we can see from the beginning of time”

7. rich s said... on Dec 2, 2012 at 02:25AM

“Crime is crime, no matter what your race or nationality.”

8. Don Christian said... on Jan 13, 2013 at 02:29PM

“Thats my family.
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9. deen said... on Feb 24, 2013 at 07:04PM

“If the drunken europeans didnt invent the illegal drug/alcohol trade who else???”