The OutLaw Gangster Disciple Nation is a subset of the

Gangster Disciples The Gangster Disciple Nation (often abbreviated as the GD's; formally, GDN or simply Gangster Disciples), also known as Growth & Development, is an African American street and prison gang founded by former rivals David Barksdale and Larry H ...

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. It was formed in the

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's Cabrini-Green

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project on the Near-North Side of

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in the early 1990s, by Gangster Disciple board member and Cabrini resident Charles "Big Chuck" Dorsey. It has now branched out to the South-Side of the city.

Gangster Disciples in the military

Gangster Disciples have been documented in the

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, found in both U.S. and overseas bases. Graffiti characteristics of the Gangster Disciples have reportedly been spotted in U.S. military bases in both

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and

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Symbols, Signs, and Emblems

Like most major gangs, Gangster Disciples use a well-defined system of symbols to communicate alliances and rivalries. This system is a combination of symbols representing the Gangster Disciple Nation or the Folk Nation as a whole and symbols that rivals use to represent their organization, typically inverted to show disrespect.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Outlaw Gangster Disciples Organizations established in the 1990s 1990s establishments in Illinois African-American gangs Folk Nation Gangs in Chicago African-American history in Chicago