Gang Leader for a Day

by Sudhir Venkatesh

  Southwest Side

  squatters

  at back-to-school party

  cars fixed by

  fees paid by

  as informants

  in stairwells

  Taneesha incident and

  see also Brass -Note

  State Street

  Stay-Together Gang

  Stones

  Stony Island Avenue

  strays

  Taneesha

  Tanya

  taxes and fees

  on prostitutes

  on squatters

  Taylor, Robert

  T-Bone (gang member)

  as accounting major

  arrest and death of

  at Catrina’s funeral

  drive-by shooters beaten up by

  gang ledgers of

  pay of

  promotion of

  on recruitment drive

  at S.V.’s meeting

  Tenant Patrol

  Tillman, Jerry

  Timothy (pimp)

  Torrance, John Henry, see J.T. (John Henry Torrance)

  truck drivers

  turf wars

  Turner, Ms.

  underground economy (outlaw capitalism)

  unemployment

  United Center

  urban renewal

  Vaux, Calvert

  Venkatesh, Sudhir (author)

  Autry and

  at basketball tournament party

  Billy-Otis dispute and

  Black Kings’ ledgers given to

  at Black Kings’ regional meetings

  Boys & Girls Club grant proposal written by

  at Boys & Girls Club meeting

  car break-in

  at Carla’s birthday party

  at Catrina’s funeral

  CIA rumor about

  Clarisse helped by

  on clothing drive

  as “director of communications,”

  dissertation of

  at drive-by shooting

  economics papers on Black Kings by

  fellowships received by

  former Robert Taylor tenants and

  as gang leader

  as hustler

  Johnny’s meeting with

  at J.T.-Curly meeting

  as J.T.’s “biographer,”

  J.T.’s quiz of

  J.T.’s relationship with

  at Lake Park project

  lawyer contacted by

  lone surveys of Robert Taylor by

  at monthly tenant meeting

  Ms. Bailey’s talks with

  notes of

  Officer Jerry’s dislike of

  Officer Reggie and

  personality of

  as picked-on teenager

  pimps and prostitutes interviewed by

  Venkatesh, Sudhir (author) (cont.)

  police feared by

  at police officer bar

  at police robbery

  questionnaire of

  on Robert Taylor survey

  in the Roof

  secrecy of

  shame of

  at Shuggie’s birthday party

  subpoena worries of

  Taneesha incident and

  as teacher

  tenants’ anger at

  underground economy studied by

  at University of Chicago

  Washington Park study of

  with Wilson

  writing workshop of

  Vice Lords

  voter-registration drives

  Washington Park

  welfare

  reform of

  women on

  West Englewood

  West Pullman

  Wilkins, Pastor

  Wilson, Chris

  Wilson, Mari

  Wilson, Ms.

  Wilson, William Julius

  Wilson family

  women of neighborhood

  Catrina on

  earnings of

  network of

  writing workshop for

  see also prostitution, prostitutes

  Woodlawn

  Young, Darryl

  About the Author

  Sudhir Venkatesh is a professor of sociology and African-American studies at Columbia University in New York. He has written extensively about American poverty. He is currently working on a project comparing the urban poor in France and the United States. His writings, stories, and documentaries have appeared in The American Prospect,This American Life, and The Source and on PBS and National Public Radio.

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