Do or die: gang life in South-Central Los Angeles

Program Title:
Do or die: gang life in South-Central Los Angeles
PRA Archive #: 
KZ1702
Description: 

Leon Bing, former model and writer on gang life for the L.A. Weekly and Harper's Magazine, discusses her exploration of gang life in South Central Los Angeles with Karole Selmon. She discusses the Crips and the Bloods, her personal relationships with some of the family members, the origins of gang activity, and the continuous spread of gangs to other communities - even to other states.

Station: 
Date Recorded on: 
Aug. 1991.
Date Broadcast on: 
1991-10-16
Item duration: 
1 reel (57 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., mono.|56:15
Contributor: 
Role: 
Interviewer
Contributor: 
Role: 
Interviewee
Distributor: 
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1991.
Rights Summary: 
RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
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