BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.getlocalhop.com//localhop-calendar//EN URL:https://api.getlocalhop.com/calendar?instance=BBMQjjkONe&series=false BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-BBMQjjkONe@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20240328T092126Z DTSTART:20220419T220000Z DTEND:20220419T230000Z SUMMARY:RHGS Event - Purple Gang Detroit LOCATION:Roseville Public Library\, 29777 Gratiot Avenue Roseville\, MI 48 066 DESCRIPTION:
Historian Joe Oldenburg will discuss the Purple Gang\, Detr oit&rsquo\;s Own Prohibition Era Criminal Gang. It was an all-Jewish gang that ruled Detroit&rsquo\;s illegal booze market for less than a decade du ring Prohibition. It was led by the four Bernstein brothers and was said t o have made tens of millions of dollars in liquor smuggling\, gambling\, h ijacking\, extortion\, and labor racketeering. The Purples were said to be responsible for hundreds of gangland slayings plus the death of a Michiga n state senator. \;
\nFor more information contact RHGS represen tative\, Ken Schramm\, 313-884-3067.
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