Published On Jan 11, 2023
Documentary by Carol Marin on Jeff Fort, the leader of the Chicago gangs the Blackstone Rangers and El Rukn. Carol Marin discusses Fort's early days as a commander of the Blackstone Rangers in the 1960s, as well as his street moniker, Angel. Marin starts to recount Fort's biography, including his early days as a Woodlawn community leader and his lifelong illiteracy. He interviews persons who worked in Woodlawn during the 1960s, including a priest and a police officer, about the era's environment. Marin talks to a man who knew Fort when he was a teenager. She narrates the Rangers' transformation into the Black P. Stone Nation.