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Ghetto brother

una leyenda del Bronx
A graphic novel which examines the true story of Benjy Melendez, son of Puerto Rican immigrants, who, in his youth, founded the notorious Ghetto Brothers gang in the late 1960s during a time of poverty, multiracial violence, and drugs. Eventually, as an adult, Melendez calls a truce with rival gang members and reclaims his Jewish roots after learning about his family history.
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Ghetto brother

warrior to peacemaker
This graphic novel tells the true story of Benjy Melendez, a Bronx legend, son of Puerto-Rican immigrants, who founded, at the end of the 1960s, the notorious Ghetto Brothers gang.

Ghetto brother

warrior to peacemaker
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