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    Do you really know what the prohibition era? The prohibition era was indeed the banning of alcohol but it was also a creation to many problems. It solved men becoming violent to others but also created a way for the mafia to create a profit from the alcohol. Such as al Capone himself he inherited a bootlegging business from one of his former boss Johnny Torrio. One of the most famous murders from al Capone’s organizations was the valentine’s massacre. Production of any alcoholic beverage was illegal

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    family. His father was a barber and his mother stayed home with the children. Capone’s family were a tight-knit Italian family. There was nothing in Capone’s childhood or family life that could have predicted the rise of America’s most notorious gangster. Robert Schoenberg author of ‘Mr. Capone’ had said, “...No reason to believe that any of the children would grow up to be anything other than perfectly respectable and they

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    Al Capone was most likely the most feared, loved and successful gangster of all time. even though he started out small he is the mastermind of some of the greatest crimes ever he was also less well known as a good father. In his later years he died of syphilis. after retiring from the mob. he was also a well known prisoner of alcatraz. and when people think of mobster they often most likely think of the famous and terrible criminal al capone,(alcatraz history) Al capone’s parents came into the country

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    Do you know the notorious gangster popular during the prohibition era who went by the name of “Scarface”? It’s Alphonse Capone! Al Capone for short. This man made 60 million dollars annually by selling illegal liquor. He did so many crimes that he eventually went to Alcatraz Island! This is going to be telling you about how he became such a well known criminal and some of the things he did during his career. When Capone was a child he was good in school until he started falling behind in 6th grade

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    immigrant family which came to America seeking a better life. When Al Capone was a kid he lived with his parents, Gabriele and Teresina Capone, in a very poor apartment. As a teenager, Capone was recruited by Johnny Torrio, one of the most successful gangsters on the East Coast, for whom Capone did small favors and errands. In 1925 Torrio retired, and Capone became the head of a vast crime empire, operating gambling, prostitution, and bootlegging rackets and expanding his territories by the gunning down

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    Chief gangster Al Capone used violence, intimidation, and manipulation to shape the identities of the citizens in Chicago IL. Capone was capable of doing what needed to be done, he wouldn’t stop for anything. Capone would use strategies such as violence to get whatever he wanted and needed, and at the end he would always get it. Al Capone was known for usually gunning down all his enemies, by 1929, authorities counted about six-teen gang-related murders; this brand continued

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    On August 1,1963 Leon Ivey Jr. known as “Coolio” was born. Coolio grew up in Compton, CA. He’s an American rapper, actor, chef, and record producer. Coolio Achieved mainstream success in the mid 1900’s with his albums “It Takes A Thief & Gangster’s Paradise”. Gangster’s Paradise was published on November 21, 1956. In this poem there are 6 stanza and there isn’t a set pattern but the 2nd and 4th stanza is the same. This poem also has a rhyme scheme in the 5th stanza. The rhyme scheme is “Aabbccde”

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    There are certain elements and forms of expression that help to define cultures and time periods. Music is a form of art and expression that ties cultures and humanity together well also allowing each culture to add the own unquietness. We may not realize it but music penetrates almost every aspect of our lives. Music is used in celebrations such as a in a wedding or bar mitzvah music is even used to commemorate someone’s life as they are laid to rest. Music is a universal medium. Everyone and anyone

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    Solutions to Our Youth Violence Gang and youth violence has become a seemingly unfixable issue in countries around the globe. Zooming in on America, the U.S government has made efforts to keep gang violence under control through the try and failed method of mass imprisonment and also placing more policemen in affected neighborhoods to patrol the streets. Not only did the government help expand gang networks in prisons by using these tactics, but these “solutions” also made the youth living in harsh

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    Suit and T.W. Wards ethnographic study “Gangsters Without Borders” explores the erasure and double standards present for young immigrant women in a matriarchal world (2009, 2013). Moreover, the authors highlight how immigrant female youth’s identities are used as a form of oppression in both the public and private spheres. Whether women conform to being obedient housewives or decide to break gender and racial boundaries, the Pachuca’s and female gangsters consciously chose to make a critique of American

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