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The Black Guerrilla Family (BGF, also known as the Black Gorilla Family, [6][7] the Black Family, [8] the Black Vanguard, [9] and Jamaa[8]) is an African American black power prison gang, street gang, and political organization founded in 1966 by George Jackson, George "Big Jake" Lewis, and W.L. Nolen while they were incarcerated at San Quentin ...
Most African American prison gangs retain their street gang names and associations. These commonly include Rollin' sets (named after streets, i.e. Rollin' 30s, Rollin' 40s etc.) that can identify with either Blood or Crip affiliations.
The Black Guerrilla Family (BGF) The Black Guerrilla Family (BGF), originally called the Black Family or the Black Vanguard, is a prison gang founded in 1966 at the San Quentin State Prison in California. The BGF is highly organized along paramilitary lines with a supreme leader and a central committee.
Black Guerilla Family The BGF, also known as the Black Family or the Black Vanguard, was founded in San Quentin in 1966. They are highly organized along paramilitary lines with a supreme leader and a central committee. BGF has an established charter, a code of ethics and an oath of allegiance.
Most African-American prison gangs retain their street gang names and associations. These commonly include Rollin' sets (named after streets, i.e., Rollin' 30s, Rollin' 40s, etc.) that can identify with either Blood or Crip affiliations.
New York City tabloids briefly went berserk this weekend when reports emerged that the Black Guerrilla Family, or BGF—a powerful prison gang that got its start in California—might be...
Black gangs formed and evolved in two social climates: (a) a democracy where valued humanity and equitable living arrangements were not tradi-tionally extended to Blacks and (b) behind prison walls where being a Black convict carried less social value than being a White convict. Black
