Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Hoe Avenue Peace Meeting was an important gathering of New York City gangs on December 7, or December 8, 1971, (sources vary) in the Bronx. It was called to propose a general truce and an unprecedented inter-gang alliance. The impetus for the meeting was the murder of \"Black Benjie\", a peace keeper of the Ghetto Brothers. The meeting was a success but while no lasting peace was ever established, a subsequent negotiation established a procedure for dealing with conflicts to avoid street \"warfare\". The meeting is notable as one of the first attempts by street organizations to broker a truce between groups of different ethnic backgrounds."@en }
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- Hoe_Avenue_peace_meeting abstract "The Hoe Avenue Peace Meeting was an important gathering of New York City gangs on December 7, or December 8, 1971, (sources vary) in the Bronx. It was called to propose a general truce and an unprecedented inter-gang alliance. The impetus for the meeting was the murder of \"Black Benjie\", a peace keeper of the Ghetto Brothers. The meeting was a success but while no lasting peace was ever established, a subsequent negotiation established a procedure for dealing with conflicts to avoid street \"warfare\". The meeting is notable as one of the first attempts by street organizations to broker a truce between groups of different ethnic backgrounds.".