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Pages: 414
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Based on true events, this fictionalized story of ghetto youth growing up in the city of Compton, California, follows the life of a second generation Crip membe
The Compton Cowboys
Language: en
Pages: 284
Authors: Walter Thompson-Hernandez
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-04-28 - Publisher: HarperCollins

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“Thompson-Hernández's portrayal of Compton's black cowboys broadens our perception of Compton's young black residents, and connects the Compton Cowboys to th
Straight Outta Compton
Language: en
Pages: 130
Authors: Ricardo Cortez Cruz
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher: University of Alabama Press

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Follows the lives of two friends, Rooster and Clive-nem, as they try to cope with drugs, gangs, and women, while growing up in an L.A. ghetto.
To Live and Defy in LA
Language: en
Pages: 353
Authors: Felicia Angeja Viator
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-02-25 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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How gangsta rap shocked America, made millions, and pulled back the curtain on an urban crisis. How is it that gangsta rap—so dystopian that it struck aspirin
Vice
Language: en
Pages: 433
Authors: John R. Baker
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-01-18 - Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

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9 square miles. 10,000 criminals. 130 cops. A riveting memoir by Baker, California's most-decorated police officer Compton: the most violent and crime-ridden ci