History
Gangs have been present in the United States for a long period of time. The violent crime based gangs became present in the early 1900's. Gangs back in the 1920's differ from the gangs today. Back then the prevalent gangs were the Italian Mafia, the different families in particular cities were the divided crews. As time went on and as the United States were changing rapidly race became a big factor in creating the gangs that we know today. When blacks protested against the segregation they created gangs to become stronger. These groups evolved over time and grew larger and larger. Today there are over 33,000 different gangs in the United States including 1.4 million members.
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