Sudhir Venkatesh - Gang Leader for a Day

Pootchie (Black Kings leader)

Pootie

poverty

Ms. Bailey on

in Robert Taylor

sociologists on

stereotypes of

Price (gang member):

Billy-Otis dispute and

Boo-Boo and

Brass beaten up by

Johnny and

pay of

promotion of

on recruitment drive

shooting of

student beaten up by

at S.V.’s meeting

as war planner

Pride

Princess

prison

T-Bone in

prostitution, prostitutes

drugs used by

Ella Bailey as madam of

fees paid by

pay of

regulars vs. hypes

S.V.’s interviews of

Provident Hospital

psychics

psychologists

Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act ()

rappers

Reagan, Ronald

Reemes, Ms.

Reggie, Officer

Dorothy Battie freed by

on guns

at Mayne and J.T. negotiations

at police officer bar

with S.V.

S.V.’s car robbery and

on S.V.’s dissertation

Taneesha incident and

regulars

restaurant workers

Robert Taylor A

Robert Taylor B

Robert Taylor Homes

absence of men in

barbecues and parties in

candy store in

Clinton’s visit to

clothing drive for

as community

crime in

demolition of

drive-by shootings in

elevators in

former tenants of

gardens in

history of

illicit earnings in

J.T.’s move to

J.T.’s survey of

monthly meetings of

neighborhoods around

police fear of

poverty and danger in

Robert Taylor Homes (cont.)

random gunshots in size of

stairwells of

S.V.’s lone surveys of

unemployment in

winters in

Robert Taylor medical clinic

Rogers Park

”Roof,”

Roseland

St. Louis, Mo.

San Diego, University of California at (UC San Diego)

Sarina

Sears

segregation

Serena

shorties

Shorty-Lee (gang member)

Shuggie (J.T.’s daughter)

social workers

sociologists

on gangs

on poverty

quantitative

sociology

invention of

Sonny (pimp)

South Illinois

South Shore

Southwest Side

squatters

at back-to-school party

cars fixed by

fees paid by

as informants

in stairwells

Taneesha incident and

see also Brass -Note

State Street

Stay-Together Gang

Stones

Stony Island Avenue

strays

Taneesha

Tanya

taxes and fees

on prostitutes

on squatters

Taylor, Robert

T-Bone (gang member)

as accounting major

arrest and death of

at Catrina’s funeral

drive-by shooters beaten up by

gang ledgers of

pay of

promotion of

on recruitment drive

at S.V.’s meeting

Tenant Patrol

Tillman, Jerry

Timothy (pimp)

Torrance, John Henry, see J.T. (John Henry Torrance)

truck drivers

turf wars

Turner, Ms.

underground economy (outlaw capitalism)

unemployment

United Center

urban renewal

Vaux, Calvert

Venkatesh, Sudhir (author)

Autry and

at basketball tournament party

Billy-Otis dispute and

Black Kings’ ledgers given to

at Black Kings’ regional meetings

Boys & Girls Club grant proposal written by

at Boys & Girls Club meeting

car break-in

at Carla’s birthday party

at Catrina’s funeral

CIA rumor about

Clarisse helped by

on clothing drive

as “director of communications,”

dissertation of

at drive-by shooting

economics papers on Black Kings by

fellowships received by

former Robert Taylor tenants and

as gang leader

as hustler

Johnny’s meeting with

at J.T.-Curly meeting

as J.T.’s “biographer,”

J.T.’s quiz of

J.T.’s relationship with

at Lake Park project

lawyer contacted by

lone surveys of Robert Taylor by

at monthly tenant meeting

Ms. Bailey’s talks with

notes of

Officer Jerry’s dislike of

Officer Reggie and

personality of

as picked-on teenager

pimps and prostitutes interviewed by

Venkatesh, Sudhir (author) (cont.)

police feared by

at police officer bar

at police robbery

questionnaire of

on Robert Taylor survey

in the Roof

secrecy of

shame of

at Shuggie’s birthday party

subpoena worries of

Taneesha incident and

as teacher

tenants’ anger at

underground economy studied by

at University of Chicago

Washington Park study of

with Wilson

writing workshop of

Vice Lords

voter-registration drives

Washington Park

welfare

reform of

women on

West Englewood

West Pullman

Wilkins, Pastor

Wilson, Chris

Wilson, Mari

Wilson, Ms.

Wilson, William Julius

Wilson family

women of neighborhood

Catrina on

earnings of

network of

writing workshop for

see also prostitution, prostitutes

Woodlawn

Young, Darryl

Sudhir Venkatesh is a professor of sociology and African-American studies at Columbia University in New York. He has written extensively about American poverty. He is currently working on a project comparing the urban poor in France and the United States. His writings, stories, and documentaries have appeared in The American Prospect,This American Life, and The Source and on PBS and National Public Radio.