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Dunn, Julia. "Los Angeles Crips and Bloods: Past and Present." //Los Angeles Crips and Bloods: Past and Present//. EDGE, 26 July 1996. Web. 18 May 2012. .

Fact 1- Talks about gangs of all colors

Fact 2- 1920's - Present day

Fact 3- African gangs started to come out in Los Angeles in the 1920's

Fact 4- Blue is the color of the Crips

Fact 5- Red is the color of the Bloods

Fact 6- During the 1920's and 1930's, the Goodlows, Kelleys, Magnificents, Driver Brothers, Boozies, and the Bloodgetts owned the streets of L.A.

Fact 7- During the 1930's, gangs committed theft and forgery

Fact 8- Gangs back then were big in the prostitution business

Fact 9- In the 1940's, black gangs started to emerge

Fact 10- Some of the gangs back in the 40's were the Purple Hearts, 31st Street, and 28th Street

Fact 11- The 50's saw "car clubs"

Fact 12- Car clubs included the Low Riders, Coasters, Highwaymen, and the Road Devils

Fact 13- the gangs were very protective of there territory

Fact 14- Gangs in the 50's were not very organized

Fact 15- The weapons that they would use were chains, knives, and bats