[Chronicle - Violence in Black Community]

DateMarch 29 1990

Can DescriptionsAircheck Homeboys

Abstractviewer warning: children in violent situations and crude language; "Homeboys: A generation at risk"; commercials included; Byron Pitts files a special report on the Black community and violent crimes that seem remarkably high; residents are interviewed about why they think the situation exists; family profiles are compared between those parents in affluent households and those struggling to keep kids out of gangs; Eugene Givens is interviewed about what forces kids into gangs; Jeanne Taylor is interviewed about how gangs are made powerful; programs for young fathers help to get gang members a new identity;

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