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The Folks Nation is an alliance of street gangs based out of the Chicago area which has since branched throughout the United States specifically in the Midwest. They are rivals to the People Nation. Within the Folks Nation alliance there are many gangs which all have their own unique colors, hand signs, and organization. Many of these gangs have signed a charter to join the Folks alliance. It was formed on November 11, 1978 in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Soon afterwards the People Nation was formed to counter the Folks alliance. Larry Hoover the chairman of the Gangster Disciple Nation created the idea for the alliance and persuaded many leaders of large Black, White, and Latino gangs from Chicago to join. After having a prosperous beginning in the late '70s and throughout the 1980s, the alliance started to break apart in the early 1990s due to wars over money and drugs between fellow Folkks gangs and fellow people gangs.
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Symbols
Most Folk gangs use the 6 point Star, Pitchforks, and identify to the right side (example:. they wear hats to the right, bandana to the right, etc.). Folkks Nation gangs use the term "All Is One." to greet each other. The six pointed Star of David, a Jewish religious symbol in honor of King David of Solomon, is used by the "Folks" alliance in its graffiti. When the leader and founder of the Black Gangster Disciple Nation, David Barksdale was slain, the gang adopted the symbol in his honor
Folk Nation Gangs
- Black Gangsters
- Black Disciples
- Gangster Two Six
- Gangster Disciples
- Imperial Gangsters
- La Raza
- Insane Spanish Cobras
- Insane Popes (Northside)
- Latin Eagles
- Maniac Latin Disciples
- Simon City Royals
- Spanish Gangster Disciples
