Law Breakers – Gangsters/Outlaws
Rufus Buck Gang (1895-1896)
The Rufus Buck Gang was an outlaw gang whose members included African Americans, mixed-race (black and Indian), and Native American...
Raymond Lee Washington (1953-1979)
Raymond Lee Washington was the original founder of the Los Angeles, California-based street gang that came to be known as the Crips....
Frank Matthews (“Black Caesar”) (1944- ?)
Frank “Black Caesar” Matthews was called one of the biggest heroin and cocaine traffickers in United States history by the Drug Enforcement...
Larry Hoover (1950- )
Larry Hoover is a founder and former leader of the Chicago street gang the Gangster Disciples, and was the Vice President of...
Stanley (“Tookie”) Williams, III (1953-2005)
Best known as the co-founder of the Crips, the largest street gang in the United States, Stanley Tookie Williams lived in a life...
Felix Wayne Mitchell (“Felix the Cat”) (1954-1986)
Felix Wayne Mitchell, also known as Felix the Cat, was a notorious drug kingpin operating in Oakland, California who headed the criminal organization...
David Barksdale (1947-1974)
American gang leader David Barksdale was born on May 24, 1947 in Sallis, Mississippi although his full name was “Donise David Barksdale.” He was...
Leroy “Nicky” Barnes (1933-2012)
Leroy Nicholas (“Nicky”) Barnes, who was born in 1933 in Harlem, was one of the most powerful New York drug dealers...
Freeway Rick Ross (1960- )
Late 20th Century drug lord Ricky Donnell Ross was born on January 26th, 1960 in Troup, Texas. He is better known as “Freeway...
