The Four Corner Hustlers (4CH) is an African American street gang founded in the
West Garfield Park neighborhood on the
West Side of
Chicago
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...
in the 1960s by Walter Wheat and Freddy Gauge.
["Fatal Violence: Case Studies and Analysis of Emerging Forms" - Page 24 Ronald M. Holmes, Stephen T. Holmes] The Four Corner Hustlers at first were a single gang that would wear the colors black and brown.
They were not in an alliance until the Vice Lords and the Four Corner Hustlers became allies, which later formed the group now known as
People Nation
The People Nation is an American alliance of street gangs generally associated with the Chicago area. They are rivals of the Folk Nation alliance of gangs.
Formation
In 1978, Mickey Cogwell and Jeff Fort (now Black P. Stones), Vice Lords and ...
. The gang has a reputation to be the most violent and feared
street gang
A gang is a social group, group or secret society, society of associates, friends, or members of a family with a defined leadership and internal organization that identifies with or claims control over Wiktionary:territory#Noun, territory in a ...
on the West Side of Chicago.
Symbols
The gang colors are black and red and black and gold, serving under
Vice Lords
The Almighty Vice Lord Nation (Vice Lords for short, abbreviated AVLN) is the second-largest and one of the oldest street and prison gangs in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its total membership is estimated to be between 30,000 and 35,000. It i ...
. They associate themselves with a black diamond with "points" at each corner.
References
External links
Gangland
{{Organized crime groups in Chicago
Organizations established in the 1960s
1960s establishments in Illinois
African-American gangs
People Nation
African-American history in Chicago
Gangs in Chicago