After Michigan had prohibited liquor sales a few years before the Prohibition era started nationwide in the United States, these young men developed a street gang into what became known as the Purple Gang. It was dominated by American-born Jews whose parents had immigrated from the Russian Empire and eastern Europe.
After Michigan banned alcohol sales shortly before Prohibition swept across the United States, these young men reorganized a street gang into what became known as the Purple Gang. It was dominated by American-born Jews whose ancestors had immigrated from the Russian Empire and Eastern Europe.