Cornell Benjamin
The Hoe Avenue Peace Meeting was an important gathering of New York City gangs on December 7 1971, in the Bronx. It was called to propose a general truce and an unprecedented inter-gang alliance. The impetus for the meeting was the murder of "Black Benjie", a peace keeper of the Ghetto Brothers. While no lasting peace was ever established, a subsequent negotiation established a procedure for dealing with conflicts to avoid street "warfare". The meeting is notable as one of the first attempts by street organizations to broker a truce between groups of different ethnic backgrounds.
Peace Treaty
After the death of "Black Benjy," member of the Ghetto Brothers who turned community organizer, a Peace Treaty meeting among the South Bronx gangs was organized. The gangs in attence were: Black Spades, Ghetto Brothers, Savage Skulls, Turbans, and the Seven Immortals. This Peace Treaty among South Bronx gangs lasted until the crack cocaine wars eruped during the early 1980s.
Gangs that Attended the Hoe Avenue Peace Treaty:
1.) BACHELOR'S.
2.) BLACK CATS INC.
3.) BLACK IVORY.
4.) BLACK PEARLS.
5) BLACK SPADES.
6.) BLUE IMPERIALS.
7.) BORN TO RAISE HELL.
8.) BROTHERS & SISTERS.
9.) DESERTERS.
10.) DIRTY DOZEN R.T (Offshoot Of Savage Skulls)
11.) DOMINICAN LIONS.
12.) EVIL SERPENTS. (Offshoot Of Reapers Bronx)
13.) FLAMING LORDS.
14.) FOX ST.ASSOCIATION.
15.) GHETTO BROTHERS ORGANIZATION.
16.) IMMORTALS NEW YORK.
17.) JAVELINS.
18.) LATIN ACES.
19.) LATIN KINGS.
20.) LIBERATED PANTHERS.
21.) MAC.7 ROUNDS.
22.) MAJESTIC WARLOCKS TRIBE.
23.) MONGOLS.
24.) PEACEMAKERS 1ST D.V, 2ND D.V
25.) P.O.W.E.R
26.) RENEGADES.
27.) ROMAN KINGS. (Offshoot Of The Ghetto Brothers Org)
28.) ROYAL SWORDS.
29.) SAVAGE NOMADS.(Offshoot Of The Ghetto Brothers Org) - Est.1967
30.) SAVAGE SKULLS. (Offshoot Of The Savage Nomads) - Est.1969
31.) SEVEN IMMORTALS. (Offshoot Of The Savage Nomads)
32) SHADES OF BLACK.
33) SLICS.
34) SPANISH DAGGERS.
35) SPANISH SKULLS.
36) TURBANS 1ST D.V, 4TH D.V, 5TH D.V
37) UNITED LORDS.
38) YOUNG SAIGONS.
39) YOUNG SINNERS..
The meeting was held at the Boys Club on Hoe Avenue in the Bronx with dozens of street organizations and many city officials and police present. Present at the Hoe Avenue peace meeting included the Black Pearls, Savage Skulls, Turbans, Young Sinners, Royal Javelins, Dutchmen, Magnificent Seven, Dirty Dozens, Liberated Panthers, Black Spades, Seven Immortals, Latin Spades, Peacemakers and the Ghetto Brothers. The peace meeting was organized by the Ghetto Brothers after one of their members, 25-year-old Cornell "Black Benjie" Benjamin, was killed trying to stop a gang fight. The objective was to draw up a peace treaty in honor of "Black Benjie", who had been the designated peacemaker of the Ghetto Brothers.
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