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The Gangster Disciple Nation (often abbreviated as the GD's; formally, GDN), also known as Growth & Development, is an African American street and prison gang founded by former rivals David Barksdale and Larry Hoover; in 1968, the two came together to form the Black Gangster Disciple Nation (BGDN).
The Black Disciples (often abbreviated as the BD's) is a large American street gang based in Chicago, Illinois. History. In 1958, a group of young teenagers from the Hyde Park, Englewood, and Kenwood areas of Chicago formed an organization known as the "Devil's Disciples".
Until his untimely death in 1974, Barksdale led the Black Disciples Nation to be a leading force in both Chicago neighborhoods and in the civil rights movement that swept the United States in the late 1960s, channeling his gang’s resources to help improve the lives of Chicago’s Black communities.
The Black Disciples (BDs) are the Chicago "folks" gang that is structured more like a religion than a corporate enterprise and that gained international publicity in 1994 by executing an 11-year-old member.
Larry Hoover, also known as "King Larry," is the notorious former leader of the Black Gangster Disciple Nation, a Chicago street gang that spread nationwide.
CHICAGO — The alleged leader of the Black Disciples street gang in Chicago is among 23 individuals facing criminal charges as part of a federal investigation into drug and gun trafficking on the city’s South Side.
In the year 1969 the Disciples settled on the farther south side of Chicago as black migration into more white neighborhoods caused outrage leading the violence and harassment in these changing neighborhoods. Disciples settled in the Pullman, West Pullman, Riverdale, and Morgan Park communities.
The Black Gangster Disciples Nation (BGDN), normally known simply as Gangster Disciples (GD) became the gang they are today in 1969, when leaders from the Black Disciples and the High Supreme Gangsters met to decide the fate of their own organizations.
The Black Gangster Disciples (GD) were formed in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood in the 1960's. The organization has traditionally portrayed itself to the public as a legitimate yet aggressive agent of social and political reform.
The alleged leader of the Black Disciples in Chicago was arrested Tuesday in a sweeping federal gang and drug investigation on the South Side, law enforcement officials announced.