Territoriality Among African-American Street Gangs in Los Angeles
Photo 2.1 Political Graffiti During the Los Angeles Civil Unrest, 1992.......17
Photo 2.2 Existential Graffiti in South Los Angeles on 95th Street and Barring Cross.............18
Photo 2.3 Tags Written on a Public Wall in California, 1996............22
Photo 2.4 "Free Your Mind," Los Angeles, 1996.................24
Photo 2.5 Block Lettering of the 18th Street Gang, 1996...............28
Photo 2.6 Pointed Letters of the East LA Street Gang in Aliso Village, 1998......28
Photo 2.7 Basic Black Gang Graffiti of the East Coast Crips, 1996..............29
Photo 2.8 Disrespectful Symbols Representing Two Rival Gangs, 1997...............32
Photo 2.9 Pit Bull that Represents all Blood Gangs in Los Angeles, 1996.....32
Photo 2.10 Graffiti of the West Boulevard Crips using the Warner Bros. Logo, 1996........33
Photo 2.11 Hand sign of the East Coast Crips in Los Angeles, 1996....33
Photo 2.12 Black Gang Graffiti of the Rollin' 20s Bloods with Territorial Marker...35
Photo 2.13 Gang Graffiti in the form of a Memorial in Watts, 1997....................38
Photo 2.14 Gang Graffiti in the Form of a Memorial in Compton, 1998...............38
Photo 2.15 Graffiti of the Campanella Park Pirus in Compton, 1996................41
Photo 3.1 Aggressive Black Gang Graffiti in Los Angeles, 1997.................69
Alex A. Alonso, University of Southern California, Department of Geography, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0255
