(Taza is the son of Cochise and briefly chief of the Chiricahuas Apache. Term Guineus, a generic term for the black African populace south of the Senegal River in West Africa in contrast to the "tawny" Zenaga Berbers, whom they called Moors.Īlthough the similarity and cross-reference led to twisting the word "Guinea" into a vile derogative, an offensive slang term synonymous with the N-word). (Golden Guineas is dubbed after the first British machine-struck gold coin, minted between 16, gold mined from the Guinea region in West Africa. The Golden Guineas also faced off against the Young Lords, the Harlem Redwings, and just about any disrespectful intruder on their turf. All served time with 17-year-old Frank "Taza" Santana sentenced to 25 years. It made the papers in 1955, most of the antagonist were arrested that very Nicknamed "Taza" grab the gun out of the hand of his cohort he shot and killed Blankenship. A Puerto Rican Enchanter nicknamed Superman pointed a gun, but Blankenship stood-up to him. It wasn't long before they ran into two white teenagers Teamed up with a North Bronx gang from the Edenwald Projects called the Enchanters and went looking for Italians. The story goes they chased a few South Bronx Navahoes, a Spanish gang that wore the same gold and black jackets, out of the neighborhood. It was a real incident involving the Bronx Golden Guineas. One such fight escalated into the inspiration for West Side Story. That caught the attention of the local authority. With rival gangs throughout the Bronx and adjoining boroughs, there were notable conflicts leading up to several rumbles Map of Old School Bronx Gangs GAYLORDS (sometime around the real early 50s) CONDORS and CONDORETTES (around the mid 50s) COUNTS From Buhre Avenue DISCIPLES DUKES from Buhre Avenue GOLDEN GUINEAS: 50s, 60s, 70s The largest Italian gang in predominantly Italian North East Bronx which was situated around the Quarry Ballfield by Arthur Avenue & Oak Tree Place between Hughes Ave. HONORING ALL GREASERS FROM THE FIVE BOROUGHS OF NEW YORK THE BRONX
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