Never-Before-Seen Photos: Crips In The 1960s

Jun 26, 1988 · twenty years ago crips did not exist. Twenty years ago there were almost no black street gangs in los angeles. In the 1950s and ‘60s, a smaller number of gangs claimed many. The rollin 60s neighborhood crips is a set of the crips street gang alliance based in los angeles, california, originally formed around hyde park, los angeles in 1976 from the. It all began with the.

Gang activity flourished and declined during various periods in the late 1950's and 1960's. In 1968 the first groups appeared that later became known as the crips. To protect themselves from.