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Authors: Sudhir Venkatesh
Gang Leader for a Day (37 page)
on Ms. Bailey
Ms. Bailey given money by
at police robbery
in politics
popularity of
promotion of
prostitution and
random gunshots and
recruiting by
at regional meeting
Robert Taylor demolition feared by
Robert Taylor survey by
sales directors of
on sex trade
S.V. made gang leader by
S.V.’s first meeting with
S.V.’s information and
on S.V.’s legal concerns
S.V.’s relationship with
S.V.’s teaching and
S.V.’s underground-economy studies approved by
S.V.’s writings as source of pride for
Taneesha incident and
at voter-registration drive
Wilson family helped by
worries of
Justice Department, U.S.
Justin (Taneesha’s baby)
Katchen (S.V.’s girlfriend)
Keisha
Kennedy-King College
Kenny (gang member)
Kris
scheduled demolition of
LaShona (J.T.’s cousin)
Las Vegas, Nev.
Latin King
Lee-Lee
Legends South
Levitt, Steven
Levy, Cordella
liberals
Local Advisory Council (LAC)
Los Angeles, Calif.
”Lounge,”
background of
at back-to-school party
cooking of
move of
on prostitutes
on sex trade
visitors to
Mafia
Marcus, Reggie,
see
Reggie, Officer
see
Reggie, Officer
marijuana
Marna
Mayne (gang leader)
MCs (Mickey Cobras)
MC Southside Fest
Medicaid
men of neighborhood
network of
Mexican Americans
Michael (gang member)
Millie
Milwaukee, Wis.
Missie (J.T.’s girlfriend)
Montana
Moochie (gang member)
musicians
Nation of Islam
Newark, N.J.
New York, N.Y.
Olmsted, Frederick Law
”operators,”
Otis (gang member)
outlaw capitalism (underground economy)
out-of-wedlock babies
Parnell
Patton, Mama
Patton, Pops
pimps
rules of
S.V.’s interviews of
police
Autry on
Black Kings as
Black Kings robbed by
at Boys & Girls Club meeting
Cordella’s power with
crime statistics and
and demolition of Robert Taylor
Ms. Bailey and
Ms. Reemes and
Robert Taylor feared by
sex exchanged for preferential treatment
S.V.’s fear of
S.V.’s writing and
”sweeps” by
Taneesha incident and
see also
Jerry, Officer; Reggie, Officer
Jerry, Officer; Reggie, Officer
Pootchie (Black Kings leader)
Pootie
poverty
Ms. Bailey on
in Robert Taylor
sociologists on
stereotypes of
Price (gang member):
Billy-Otis dispute and
Boo-Boo and
Brass beaten up by
Johnny and
pay of
promotion of
on recruitment drive
shooting of
student beaten up by
at S.V.’s meeting
as war planner
Pride
Princess
prison
T-Bone in
prostitution, prostitutes
drugs used by
Ella Bailey as madam of
fees paid by
pay of
regulars vs. hypes
S.V.’s interviews of
Provident Hospital
psychics
psychologists
rappers
Reagan, Ronald
Reemes, Ms.
Reggie, Officer
Dorothy Battie freed by
on guns
at Mayne and J.T. negotiations
at police officer bar
with S.V.
S.V.’s car robbery and
on S.V.’s dissertation
Taneesha incident and
regulars
restaurant workers
Robert Taylor A
Robert Taylor B
Robert Taylor Homes
absence of men in
barbecues and parties in
candy store in
Clinton’s visit to
clothing drive for
as community
crime in
demolition of
drive-by shootings in
elevators in
former tenants of
gardens in
history of
illicit earnings in
J.T.’s move to
J.T.’s survey of
monthly meetings of
neighborhoods around
police fear of
poverty and danger in
Robert Taylor Homes (
cont.
)
cont.
)
random gunshots in size of
stairwells of
S.V.’s lone surveys of
unemployment in
winters in
Robert Taylor medical clinic
Rogers Park
”Roof,”
Roseland
San Diego, University of California at (UC San Diego)
Sarina
Sears
segregation
Serena
shorties
Shorty-Lee (gang member)
Shuggie (J.T.’s daughter)
social workers
sociologists
on gangs
on poverty
quantitative
sociology
invention of
Sonny (pimp)
South Illinois
South Shore
Southwest Side
squatters
at back-to-school party
cars fixed by
fees paid by
as informants
in stairwells
Taneesha incident and
see also
Brass -Note
Brass -Note
State Street
Stay-Together Gang
Stones
Stony Island Avenue
strays
Tanya
taxes and fees
on prostitutes
on squatters
Taylor, Robert
T-Bone (gang member)
as accounting major
arrest and death of
at Catrina’s funeral
drive-by shooters beaten up by
gang ledgers of
pay of
promotion of
on recruitment drive
at S.V.’s meeting
Tenant Patrol
Tillman, Jerry
Timothy (pimp)
Torrance, John Henry,
see
J.T. (John Henry Torrance)
see
J.T. (John Henry Torrance)
truck drivers
turf wars
Turner, Ms.
unemployment
United Center
urban renewal
Venkatesh, Sudhir (author)
Autry and
at basketball tournament party
Billy-Otis dispute and
Black Kings’ ledgers given to
at Black Kings’ regional meetings
Boys & Girls Club grant proposal written by
at Boys & Girls Club meeting
car break-in
at Carla’s birthday party
at Catrina’s funeral
CIA rumor about
Clarisse helped by
on clothing drive
as “director of communications,”
dissertation of
at drive-by shooting
economics papers on Black Kings by
fellowships received by
former Robert Taylor tenants and
as gang leader
as hustler
Johnny’s meeting with
at J.T.-Curly meeting
as J.T.’s “biographer,”
J.T.’s quiz of
J.T.’s relationship with
at Lake Park project
lawyer contacted by
lone surveys of Robert Taylor by
at monthly tenant meeting
Ms. Bailey’s talks with
notes of
Officer Jerry’s dislike of
Officer Reggie and
personality of
as picked-on teenager
pimps and prostitutes interviewed by
Venkatesh, Sudhir (author) (
cont.
)
cont.
)
police feared by
at police officer bar
at police robbery
questionnaire of
on Robert Taylor survey
in the Roof
secrecy of
shame of
at Shuggie’s birthday party
subpoena worries of
Taneesha incident and
as teacher
tenants’ anger at
underground economy studied by
at University of Chicago
Washington Park study of
with Wilson
writing workshop of
Vice Lords
voter-registration drives
welfare
reform of
women on
West Englewood
West Pullman
Wilkins, Pastor
Wilson, Chris
Wilson, Mari
Wilson, Ms.
Wilson, William Julius
Wilson family
women of neighborhood
Catrina on
earnings of
network of
writing workshop for
see also
prostitution, prostitutes
prostitution, prostitutes
Woodlawn
About the Author
Sudhir Venkatesh is a professor of sociology and African-American studies at Columbia University in New York. He has written extensively about American poverty. He is currently working on a project comparing the urban poor in France and the United States. His writings, stories, and documentaries have appeared in
The American Prospect,This American Life,
and
The Source
and on PBS and National Public Radio.
The American Prospect,This American Life,
and
The Source
and on PBS and National Public Radio.
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