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Stanley Tookie Williams III [1] [2] (December 29, 1953 – December 13, 2005) was an American gangster who co-founded and led the Crips gang in Los Angeles. He and Raymond Washington formed an alliance in 1971 that established the Crips as Los Angeles' first major African-American street gang.
The Fort Worth Convention Center (formerly known as the Tarrant County Convention Center) is a convention center and indoor arena located in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. The complex opened on September 30, 1968, and was expanded in 1983, 2002 and 2003.
Hazel Bernice Harvey Peace was born August 4, 1907, in Waco, Texas, to Allen H. and Georgia Mason Harvey; the family moved to Fort Worth three months later.Peace's father was a Pullman porter on the Missouri and Pacific Railroad, and her mother was a homemaker who also owned a children's clothing shop. [1]
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story is a 2004 American biographical crime drama television film directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall, written by J.T. Allen, and starring Jamie Foxx, Lynn Whitfield, Lee Thompson Young and CCH Pounder. [2] The film premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, and was later broadcast on the FX network on April ...
Johnnie Lee Cochran Jr. [1] (/ ˈ k ɒ k r ə n / KOK-rən; October 2, 1937 – March 29, 2005) was an American attorney from California who was involved in numerous civil rights and police brutality cases throughout his 38-year career spanning from 1964 to 2002.
Tookie may refer to: Stanley Tookie Williams, American gangster and original founder of a street gang known as the Crips; Tookie Gilbert, American baseball player; Steve Peregrin Took, English musician/songwriter and prominent member of the UK underground, frequently known socially as Tookie; Bartholomew Tookie, MP and mayor
All three wish for an end to gang violence and to firearm use in Fort Worth barrios. They recommend city support in promoting small businesses, education, and a peaceful New Year.
Dickies Arena is a 14,000-seat multipurpose American arena, located within the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas. [2] The venue hosted a public ribbon cutting on October 26, 2019. The first event held was a Twenty One Pilots concert on November 8, 2019.