The Crips and the Bloods, two majority-Black street gangs founded in Los Angeles (L.A.), California, have been engaged in a gang war since the 1970s. The war is made up of smaller, local conflicts between chapters of both gangs… See more

In the 1960s and '70s, few job opportunities for young Black men in South Central L.A.—especially the neighborhood of Watts—led to the formation of gangs who claimed territories in the city, guarding them from other … See more

The Crips and Bloods went to war with each other to defend their territory. They fought each other with cheap "Saturday night special" handguns, switchblades, Molotov cocktails, as well as through hand-to-hand co… See more