Black Souls

Early origins: 1962

The Black Soul earlier history is a tough one to figure out and is a culmination of different groups that came together.  The story begins in the year 1962 when some 11 and 12-year-old boys from West Garfield Park got together to form a roller-skating dance group that skated at 2550 West Madison Street (Madison and Rockwell) which has always been a skating rink that has changed hands over the years.  The group of boys headed by Horace Willis, who was 12 at the time put together this skating group.  Horace Willis was into music and was said to be a musician that was big into the “down beat.”  These youths were not drug dealers and may not have even been gangbangers, if they were they for certain were not claiming to be a “Black Souls” gang, that name did not exist on the streets and there is no evidence or even stories to back that up either.  I am not sure if Horace Willis and his friends were living in West Garfield Park in 1962, but if they did they were some of the earlier African American families to live in the community that was majority white at the time. A few years later, West Garfield Park became majority African American as white flight was rapid and no white people were left by 1965.

Black Revolutionary Soul Brothers: 1967

In the fall of 1967, Horace Willis got together with his cousin Walter Wheat and the leader of the Supreme Gangsters of the west side, Ike “King Ike” Taylor and the founder of the Unknown Vice Lords Willie Lloyd. Walter Wheat, Willie Lloyd, and Horace Willis were original Unknown Vice Lords as that group formed in 1967. These teens formed a movement called the “Black Revolutionary Soul Brothers” in response to the F.B.I war on African American street gangs in the late 60s. These youths looked up to Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Fred Hampton, Huey Newton, Marcus Garvey and Thurgood Marshall and used this inspiration to fight back against this war against the power of black street gangs as the F.B.I was misinforming gangs against each other and there was the mysterious flooding of heroin and other drugs onto the west side streets that did not originate from groups of black men and black youths, yet they became the target of this war the federal government waged. Horace Willis is the founder of the Black Revolutionary Soul Brothers, hence, why he is regarded as the Black Soul founder.

The Soul Brothers and the Impressionists

Another part of the history was the creation of the “Soul Brothers” that started in North Lawndale at 16^th and Kostner in the year 1968 by Frank Davis who was the cousin of Horace Willis and Walter Wheat. The Soul Brothers were also part of the Black Revolutionary Soul Brothers movement. The Soul Brothers were known to be active in the North Lawndale community in the K-Town section by the later part of the 1960s. 

Another group to begin mention is the Impressionists that began in 1968.  The Impressionists also came from the K-Town part of North Lawndale and were rivals of the Soul Brothers in these earlier years.  From what I gather the Soul Brothers and Impressionists were more violent than the Black Souls.  The Soul Brothers and Impressionists made the newspaper in 1968 and 1969 and the Black Souls were not in the media at that time. In one September 10, 1969, article the Impressionists killed a member of the Soul Brothers shooting him in the head. By 1968, you had to put together one hell of a tough, violent and serious outfit in order to start on the North Lawndale streets. The Egyptian Cobras and Vice Lords completely ruled the neighborhood with the Cobras running all of K-Town west of Pulaski which is where the Impressionists and Soul Brothers started in 1968. Both groups were hard core.

The Death of Horace “King Pee Wee” Willis and the end of the Black Revolutionary Soul Brothers: 1969

As I stated I do not know how violent or aggressive the Souls were in the 60s but the group became much more aggressive and violent beginning in 1969 when the founder Horace “King Pee Wee” Willis was killed during a robbery attempt of a car wash.  Willis was attempting a robbery one day in 1969 when Chicago police arrived at the scene.  I am not sure if Willis was armed or if this was even armed robbery but one thing for sure he tried to run from the police and was not a threat to anyone besides running from the police.  The police shot him in the back as he ran which is common for police to shoot a fleeing suspect; however, a grave injustice happened when the police did not stop shooting him even after he was deceased.  Willis received at least 30 bullets in his back which shows nothing short of pure hatred when you shoot a dead man that many times.  This story never made the papers, and the officers were never punished, however, legal action was taken against the Chicago police and the parties, that want to remain anonymous, obtained only a minor victory through an attempted law suit.  I have searched for this case and even had a lawyer assist me in finding it, but it was not found, the lawyer advised it is likely because there was a settlement reached outside of court which makes perfect sense.  If the legal action was pursued further in 1969 Chicago, you can bet there would have been retaliation against those close to Willis by city or police officials.  Willis did not harm anyone during the robbery which makes it a further injustice that he was not only killed but brutally killed. After Willis was killed the Black Revolutionary Soul Brothers was disbanded leaving Unknown Vice Lords, Four Corner Hustlers and Supreme Gangsters all at war with each other and the Black Souls would war with Supreme Gangsters and Vice Lords.

1969: The beginning of the Black Souls

After Horace Willis was killed, William Earl Weaver took over and took the Black Revolutionary Soul Brothers into a “Black Souls” or “Mad Black Souls” organization that was still a movement but became a violent movement with killers and gangster types. There was no more ties with Unknown Vice Lords and war erupted with Unknown Vice Lords because all of Pee Wee’s original posse turned Black Souls. Willie Lloyd was upset with this action and declared 40 days of war against the Souls in 1969. These Souls first formed at Adams and Pulaski in West Garfield Park.

I did speak to a gentleman that was a Latin King from Little Village between the years 1967-1971. He told me as a King they often traveled the city into various neighborhoods to attend parties, handle business and what not.  The former Latin King I spoke to said, him and his group ended up around Adams and Pulaski in the West Garfield Park neighborhood in the late 60s.  He was more than likely hanging out in the Delano Elementary School playground that is the founding spot of the Four Corner Hustlers. The former Latin King I spoke to said nothing but good things about the Souls as he said they were “cool” and “good guys.” This is what I understand as the mannerisms of the original Souls. This Latin King I spoke to told me there were roughly 80 Black Souls around Adams and Pulaski, this shows just how big the Souls were in this area. It seems like the original Black Souls were not very violent but were tough.

This area of Adams and Pulaski is still Black Soul territory presently and the home of the Rollin 4000 D-Block, Insane Solid Black Souls.  Adams and Pulaski area is exactly where 4s and Souls became very tight beginning in 1969 and where they were founded.

Madison & California: 1969

In the 2000s, it was passed around on the internet that the Black Souls started at Madison and California in East Garfield Park but that is not accurate. The truth is the Black Souls began to flare up at Marshall Metro High School in East Garfield Park and by the summer of 1969, several Souls were gathering and started a strong hold at Madison and California, a few blocks from the school. These Souls were started by “Manley” in 1969 and this branch made the Chicago Tribune on May 5, 1971 when the Black Souls stole a World War I gun and brought it back to an apartment of Shirley Beard from Francisco and Madison which is a block away from Madison and California and the article said Beard was friends with Black Soul leaders. I am not 100% sure but I think this was the birthing of the “Mad Black Souls” and it would make sense why Madison and California has been referred to as the motherland. The “Mad Black Souls” name may originate from the outrage over Pee Wee’s death.

The Mad Black Souls and the incarceration of William Earl Weaver: 1969

The Mad Black Souls made the newspaper for the first time in 1970 and were known as the “Mad Black Souls” in the newspaper. In a 1972 article the Souls were labeled as one of Chicago’s more violent street gangs alongside Latin Kings, Black P Stones, Vice Lords, and Supreme Gangsters (Gangster Disciples). After the death of Willis, the Mad Black Souls began having conflicts with the Four Corner Hustlers now that Pee Wee was deceased. This is partially because William Earl Weaver took over as the new Black Soul leader. Weaver was into drug trafficking and was even convicted of it while in prison in the 1990s. Weaver also was known to be violent as was shown in the case of the People V. Weaver, an October 5, 1972 appeal. In this case it stated that Weaver shot James Kirkwood to death on September 23, 1969. Weaver shot Kirkwood in the face with a shotgun killing him. He was sentenced to 30-60 years in prison with no possibility of parole until at least 30 years was complete.

Black Souls of West Humboldt Park

As far back as 1969, Black Souls wanted the corner of Monticello and Ohio in the West Humboldt Park community, but the Supreme Gangsters were settling Huron and Homan area and wanted to spread west, this resulted in a violent gang war in the late 60s and early 70s that made the newspaper in 1971 when the Black Soul gang leaders living at Monticello and Ohio killed a teenager thought to be a Supreme Gangster and he likely was. As the young man lay dying on the street in a pool of blood, he scribbled the names of his shooters in a notebook for the police to find and two Mad Black Souls were convicted. These were the earliest branch outs of the Black Souls as they spread to West Humboldt Park. This section for the Souls only lasted until 1973 or 1974 because the police aggressively pursued Supreme Gangsters and Black Souls because of the news articles and effectively removed both gangs.

The Davis brothers: 1969-1980 (The Black Soul Brothers) 16^th & Kostner (K-Town Souls)

After William Earl Weaver was put in prison in 1969 for shooting James Kirkwood in the face with a shotgun, Ronald Davis took over leadership of the Black Souls while his brother Frank Davis was running the Soul Brothers. Ronald Davis ran the Black Souls until 1975 when he was kidnapped and held for ransom as the kidnappers demanded that his brother Frank Davis pay the ransom or his brother would be killed. Frank Davis decided to cooperate and got the money together but the kidnappers took the money and sped off with Ronald anyway. Ronald Davis was found dead in an abandoned building.

After the death of Ronald Davis Frank Davis took over the Black Souls and brought together a merger between Black Souls and Soul Brothers in 1975 that was often referred to as the “Black Soul Brothers.” The Soul Brothers were from the K-Town/16th and Kostner area of North Lawndale and there were Soul Brothers in East Garfield Park, now all these areas would become Black Soul turf because of the merger. This is the history of how 16^th and Kostner area became a Black Soul hood.

1980: A new Reign

In the year 1980, the Black Souls changed their organization completely as Frank Davis was no longer in charge. I don’t know what happened to Frank Davis but he appears to have been the last leader of the Black Souls as a movement. I am not totally clear on the details of the transition because all the stories I have pieced together from old heads have holes in the stories so I am mostly going to stick with what I know and share additional theories that I will clarify.

Jack Bobo and the founding of Walnut & Homan: 1980

If one is to talk to people that lived in the northern East Garfield Park area from 1980 until 1998, they mention “Jack Bobo” and the overflowing of heroin on the streets near Walnut and Homan. I am not very well versed on the history of Jack Bobo as an individual in his earlier years but I can confirm that Jack Bobo brought the Black Souls to Walnut and Homan in the year 1980 or 1981 at latest.

According to street legends, Wayne “Jack Bobo” Edwards started gangbanging in the year 1970; however, most sources from the street will say he was not a Black Soul in the 70s. Most of the legends say Jack Bobo was a Black Gangster Disciple in the 70s and that seems accurate because the Gangster Disciples presently rule a major part of northwestern East Garfield Park and have shared turf with Black Souls for decades, it would make sense that BGDs gave turf to the Souls in 1980. It is very likely Walnut and Homan was BGD turf in the 70s and this is likely the streets Edwards grew up on.

The Black Egyptian Cobra Souls

Once Jack Bobo flipped to Black Soul in 1980 while in his early 20s, he converted much of the K-Town area into Black Souls which was the home of the Soul Brothers. The Egyptian Cobras were still lingering in K-Town’s North Lawndale neighborhood but had no chance to withstand the 1980s. Willie “King Ice Man” Jones and Jack Bobo got together and brought the Egyptian Cobras into the Black Souls and they were called “Black Egyptian Cobra Souls.” Willie Jones was a big time drug dealer in the 80s and 90s until he went to prison a long time. Willie Jones was not only known as a “King,” he was also a “General.”

Gangster Black Souls

When Jack Bobo took over the Black Souls in 1980, Sam McKay became a rising star in the Homan and Walnut area and McKay was said to be a former Black Gangster Disciple as well in the 70s. Sam McKay and Jack Bobo put together the “Gangster Black Souls” at Walnut and Homan and this group would be heavily linked to the Black Gangster Disciples that still operated just a block or two away in the northern East Garfield Park area. GBS and BGDs made lots of money together selling heroin in the 80s and 90s. The Gangster Black Souls loosely allied with the Folk alliance; however, that connection was mainly just with the Gangster Disciples.

Black Outlaw Soul Brothers

In the K-Town area in North Lawndale old Soul Brother turf along 16^th Street turned “Outlaw Black Soul Brothers” because they did not want to drop the old Soul Brothers concepts, in turn, this made them “Outlaws.” These Souls did not turn Gangster Black Souls when Jack Bobo brought GBS concepts to this area of K-Town; however, these Souls were followers of the Folks in the 80s and maybe some of the 90s and even repped it in the streets.

A good example of the Outlaw Soul Brothers repping Folks on record is the case that involved the Black Outlaw Soul Brothers of K-Town. This was a section that has viciously fought against the Vice Lords. The Outlaw Soul Brothers guarded their territory tightly and expected rival Vice Lords to comply by staying out of the area.  On the night of January 22, 1984, Vice Lord gang member Keith “Chip” Jordan had become a victim of a brutal gang beating from the Outlaw Soul Brothers.  According to court documents Keith Jordan was walking alone through Soul Brother territory at 16^th and Harding when Soul Brother gang members Kenneth “Keno” Anderson, “Zel,” and Larry Glasco flashed gang signs at Jordan and screamed out “Folks poppin, People droppin!”  A series of hand signs were exchanged as Soul Brothers threw down the Vice Lords, then the three Soul Brothers chased Jordan who slipped and fell, Zel and Glasco proceeded to beat Jordan with a pipe and a large wooden stick, then Keno jumped in to attack Jordan.  The only reason the men stopped was because a female witness began screaming, then they wanted to go after her when she tried to help Jordan, but she managed to run away and call police.  According to court documents Jordan died later of severe head trauma and Zel and Glasco were not convicted but Kenneth “Keno” Anderson was convicted (People vs. Anderson, 1987).

The Impressionist Black Souls

Jack Bobo had major influence on the K-Town streets especially since he had family that lived over there. Not only did Jack Bobo bring the Egyptian Cobras into the Black Souls organization, he brought the Impressionists from K-Town into the Souls and converted them into “Impressionist Black Souls” in 1980.

Austin Black Souls

I know almost nothing about Black Souls in the Austin neighborhood but they are pretty deep. I strongly believe they date back to 1980 and Willie Jones did business on these streets in the 80s and 90s but I don’t know the whole history of Souls here, hopefully, I will eventually gain that knowledge or someone can reach out give me knowledge.

The rise of the Impressionists

In 1981, the Impressionist Black Souls got big at Pulaski and Wilcox in West Garfield Park and even flipped Mad Black Souls to become IBS members. This developed an on and off rivalry between IBS and MBS. Impressionist Black Souls would only gain more momentum over time and grow into the large force they are currently. Impressionists also do not like Folks and Gangster Disciples and always have been that way.

The Black Soul approach to Folks and Peoples: Are they Folks or Peoples?

Ever since the earliest days of the People and Folks formation since 1978, the Black Souls have always had some involvement, especially with the Folks, but once Folk and People became hard lined and became law the Souls pulled back from this rigidity and decided to not apply this law of the streets upon their members. Many people in Chicagoland have been confused on whether Black Souls are Folks or Peoples, a confusion that has been in effect since the early 80s but the truth lies somewhere in between and I will break this down the best I can with the explanation.

Black Soul status with Folk and People is not cut and dry and this is mostly deliberate because since the Folk and People paradigm became official on the streets in 1981, the Souls were big into the money making game involved in drug sales and choosing a side would jeopardize the arrangements that had with Vice Lords, Four Corner Hustlers and Black Gangster Disciples.

On the streets and in prison the Outlaw Soul Brothers officially became Folks, at least back in the 80s, but in prison Outlaw Soul Brothers always follow Folks. Gangster Black Souls loosely connected with Folks on the streets but in prison most, if not all members hooked up with Folks. Mad Black Souls and Impressionists never hook up with Folks on the streets or in prison but in the penitentiary, MBS and IBS often join People alliance while incarcerated. There are also some rare situations where IBS and MBS individual members may hook up with the Folks behind bars only. Black Souls, as a whole, join People or Folks behind bars on an individual basis and not as an organization or even broken down by faction. Souls are allowed to join Folk or People based on who their family members follow in the joint or who their friends follow in the joint, it is completely optional for Black Souls, they do as they please behind bars.

Madison Terrace projects: 1983

In the year 1983, the city built a new housing project in East Garfield Park called Madison Terrace. Madison Terrace is located at address 3153 West Madison Street and is at the corner of Madison and Kedzie which is Black Soul neighborhood. As soon as these projects opened the Black Souls moved in and took over these apartments and have held them since.

Black Souls take out a Vice Lord Chief

On December 9, 1983, the Black Souls murdered a Vice Lord chief by the name of Jerome Wells.  According to court documents Black Soul members were infuriated over the death of Black Soul member Tom Slick and now they wanted revenge.  According to court documents about 8 or 9 members of the Black Souls met at gang member Eddie Wood’s apartment that was located somewhere on Van Buren Street.  Woods had a whole lot of guns in his apartment and was able to pass them out; he was also able to test one of the shotguns out in the hallway, which shows that obviously residents were not bothered by gunshots in the building or were very intimidated.  The Black Souls marked Vice Lord Chief Jerome Wells for death, and Wells lived right across a vacant lot in an apartment building next door, this is also the building where Black Soul member Larry Gross’ mother lived.  The plan was for four teams of two gang members each to go across the open lot and into the nearby building and into Larry Gross’ mom’s apartment and drink beer until the lookout told them Wells was coming.  Later, they made it to the building and Wells came home to his 7th floor apartment, he was then ambushed by Black Souls and shot several times.  Larry Gross, Eddie Woods, John Mahogany, and Willie Atkins were all charged with murder (People vs. Atkins).  This murder showed that the Black Souls would retaliate heavily if a rival gang would kill one of their own.

Love, hate, kill, take…the black diamond solid: 1987

In the year 1987, Monroe “Money” Banks of the Four Corner Hustlers was let out of prison and took over Four Corner Hustler operations as he sidelined Walter Wheat. Monroe Banks had a grand vision of cornering the west side crack cocaine operations while still getting big money from heroin. The Black Souls were already deeply embedded in the heroin game but a new business offer with the Four Corner Hustlers would take the drug business to another level and put more money in the pockets of both organizations more than they had ever seen. Monroe Banks met with Jack Bobo and Sam McKay and forged a legendary agreement for peace on the west side.

The black diamond became the concept with each point signifying “Love, hate, kill, take.” The “Solid,” “440” concepts were created in 1987 to signify that Souls and Fours were “Solid” with each other and their relationship was tight. This was a new era for both organizations and both groups started making more money from drug sales than ever and both groups started working as corporations on the west side.

3233 West Fulton “dopehouse”

On November 13, 1987, according to court documents in the case of People vs. Murray, Sam McKay ordered the deaths of Brian Fowler and DeJuan Buck.  Fowler and Buck were selling drugs near the intersection of Fulton and Kedzie in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.  The Black Souls were running a major drug house at address 3233 West Fulton which was right at that intersection and these young drug dealers were infringing on McKay’s turf according to court documents.  McKay got together with Kevin Murray, “Jet,” “Paris” and Tyrone Washington to plan out the murder and Jet brought in a gym bag with two Uzi machine guns.  McKay said the two must die according to court documents.  Kevin Murray then became the driver and escorted Jet and Washington to go out looking for the two dealers, eventually they spotted the two dealers then Jet and Washington got out of the car and shot the two dealers dead in a back alley by 3300 West Fulton, they then got in the car driven by Murray who served as the getaway driver and was also said to be Sam McKay’s personal driver according to court documents.  Kevin Murray also was a drug dealer in the Black Souls that moved drugs under McKay according to court documents.  Murray and Washington were charged with murder and sentenced to life in prison, for some reason Sam McKay was never brought up on charges in this case (People vs. Murray, 1993).

Adams & Francisco dope house: 1990

The Black Souls were very serious about their drug turf from the start.  This was apparent in the November 13, 1987, murder of two rival drug dealers.  Another example of the Black Souls flexing their muscles in East Garfield Park came on the night of August 4, 1990, at the intersection of Adams and Francisco.  At this intersection is a two-story apartment building that John “Screwball” Barnes was running a crack cocaine operation on the second floor of the building that was rented by his tenants Claude “Blood” Benson, “J.C.” and Floyd Spencer.  Screwball supplied the drugs and brought it to the building and would give the drugs to Carol Ramsey who would then give the drugs to Charles Williams who sold the drugs in the apartment while Benson collected the money and brought the proceeds back to the Black Souls which Benson was a member of according to court documents.  Carol Ramsey lived in the building on the first floor with a Gangster Disciple gang member named Reginald Jett. Drug users were able to stay inside the building and smoke their crack, which meant this place was a “smokehouse.”  This crack house was jointly operated by members of the Black Souls and the Gangster Disciples, I am not sure if Screwball was a member of either gang.  On the night of August 4^th Claude Benson argued with Carol Ramsey that Screwball owed the Black Souls money and because of this the drug operation had to cease activity or the building would be burned down, when Screwball allegedly refused according to court documents, a Gangster Disciple gang member and Jeffery Todd Wilson, a Black Soul gang member, then doused the place in gasoline then lit it on fire while they yelled for everyone to get out, then there were two explosions as the building blew up. The men were paid $200 to light the fire according to court documents.  Two men died in the blast, Floyd Spencer and Lee Burnett, Wilson was charged with murder and sentenced to life in prison (People vs. Wilson, 1998).

The incarceration of Sam McKay

In the year 1992, Sam McKay was put in prison for murder and kidnapping. McKay did time behind bars and would eventually be killed in the streets. Sam McKay was a pivotal leader and his incarceration was a big blow to the Black Souls especially the Gangster Black Souls.

New Life Impressionist Black Souls

I don’t know much history on New Life Impressionist Black Souls accept that they came from the Impressionist Black Souls I think in 1992. NLBS formed at 19^th and Pulaski in North Lawndale. I hope I can get more history on this group in time.

The incarceration of Jack Bobo

By the year 1994, the Black Souls were being targeted by law enforcement for selling millions of dollars’ worth of drugs in the streets especially at Walnut and Homan.  The Souls were a major threat because of their complex drug trade and their propensity for violence if their drug turf was to be infringed on.  In 1994, law enforcement and the media focused on Wayne “Jack Bobo” Edwards as he was known to be connected to the Chicago Outfit and was a big-time drug dealer.  There was even a saying drug addicts would sing a song as a parity to the popular George Michaels hit song “Wake me up…before you go go…I need to buy more dope…from our boy Jack Bobo.” Jack Bobo had 2 for the price of 1 sales on heroin bags on Sundays for addicts and they would line up at Walnut and Homan and by the park at Carroll and St. Louis (St. Louis Park). Police began watching Jack Bobo’s drug spots and began closing in on his contacts which were Nigerian drug dealers that were employing mules to smuggle heroin by plane straight from Thailand. Jack Bobo was making $50,000 a day in drug profits. Wayne Edward’s trails would go on until 1998 and he was sentenced to 30 years in prison, he would be released by 2014.

The end of an era

Once Jack Bobo was put away in prison in 1998, Willie Jones had been put away for murder and Sam McKay was locked up. The gangster Black Souls began to die out in the late 90s because of Jack Bobo’s incarceration and by the early 2000s Gangster Black Souls went defunct. The Black Egyptian Cobra Souls went extinct sometime in the 1990s when Willie Jones went to prison for murder and armed robbery. Mad Black Souls live on as do Impressionist Black Souls and New Life Black Souls but all groups are broken up into further factions which is very hard to follow.

Where is Jack Bobo?

Many wonder where Jack Bobo is and some think he is dead. The truth is, not only did Jack Bobo get early release from prison, he also came out a retired man and is still alive. Jack Bobo, the man that once owned a nuclear bomb and once made $50,000 a day in heroin and cocaine sales, that once pimped women in a prostitution ring, that once personally shot up enemies with an Uzi is now a regular person and retired.

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Known decks of the Black Souls past and present

Austin neighborhood Established 1980-present years

Decks of Austin

Thomas to Augusta, Leamington to Leclaire (LT Souls, Mad Black Souls shared with Four Corner Hustlers)

Huron to Ohio, Leclaire to Lavergne

Hubbard to Kinzie, Lavergne to Cicero (The Hub)

Lake to Maypole, Lavergne to Cicero (Gangster Black Souls)

Fulton & Cicero (Gangster Black Souls)

Washington & Cicero

Chicago Ave to Augusta, LaVergne to Laramie (Hunit Mob, Insane New Life Impressionist Black Souls)

Huron to Kinzie, Laramie to Lavergne (E.M.G/Erie Money Gang, Insane Black Soul Outlaws)

Cicero to Lavergne, Superior to Kinzie (Rollin 5000 Cicero Nation, Insane Solid Black Souls)

East Garfield Park neighborhood Established 1969-present years

Decks of East Garfield Park

Fulton to Lake, Central Park to Homan (Gangster Black Souls)

Fulton to Lake, Kedzie to Sacramento (New Life Black Souls)

Washington to Madison, Homan to California (Gangster Black Souls and Mad Black Souls) Established 1969-present years

Flournoy to Lexington, Kedzie to Sacramento

Madison to Jackson, Sacramento to Kedzie (M.S.B/Madison Soul Brothers, Insane Black Soul Brothers)

Madison to Jackson, Homan to Central Park Ave (H.S.B/Homan Soul Brothers, Insane Black Soul Brothers)

Fulton to Warren, Kedzie to Homan (Newport Short Gang, Insane Black Soul Outlaws)

Carrol to Warren, Sacramento to Kedzie (F.S.B/Fulton Soul Block, Insane Black Soul Outlaws)

Madison to Jackson, Kedzie to Central Park Ave (5^th City, Insane Solid Black Souls)

Carrol to Lake, Sacramento to California (Rollin 3000 Quiet Mobb, Insane Solid Black Souls)

5^th and Sacramento (Gangster Black Souls, Shared with New Breeds and Gangster Disciples)

Fulton & California (Mad Black Souls)

Walnut & Kedzie (Mad Black Souls)

Wilcox & Washtenaw (Mad Black Souls)

Arthington & Central Park Ave

5^th & Albany

Near West Side neighborhood Established 1991-late 1990s

Decks of Near West Side

Rockwell Gardens projects

North Lawndale neighborhood Established 1968 as Soul Brothers-present years

Decks of North Lawndale

14^th to 16^th, Kostner to Tripp (K Town Souls, Gangster Black Souls, 16^th and Kostner shared with New Breeds)

16^th to Cermak, Avers to Harding (A.M.G/Avers Money Gang, shared with Conservative Vice Lords Insane New Life Impressionist Black Souls)

16^th to Ogden, Homan to Sawyer

16^th & Kilbourn

South Shore neighborhood

Decks of South Shore

Oglesby from 69^th to 70^th (0.S.B/Oglesby Soul Block, Insane Black Soul Brothers)

West Garfield Park neighborhood 1968-present years

Decks of West Garfield Park

Washington to Monroe, Kostner to Karlov (Impressionist Black Souls and Mad Black Souls)

Wilcox to Gladys, Pulaski to Springfield

Monroe from Karlov to Pulaski (Mad Black Souls)

Madison to Jackson, Pulaski to Kostner (Rollin 4000 D-Block, Insane Solid Black Souls)

Adams & Pulaski

5^th and Kostner

West End & Kilbourn

West Humboldt Park neighborhood Established 1969-mid-1970s

Decks of West Humboldt Park

Monticello and Ohio (Mad Black Souls)

Suburbs

Bellwood

Bolingbrook

Oak Park

Summit (Argo projects)

Gary, IND