Mau Maus Mau Maus Mau Maus was the name of a 1950s street gang in New York City. The book and the adapted film "The Cross and the Switchblade" and biography "Run Baby Run" document the life of its most famous leader Nicky Cruz. Their name was derived from the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya. Nicky Cruz wrote a book about his experiences called "Run Baby Run". Israel Narvaez committed his life to God and wrote a book called "Second Chance: The Israel Narvaez Story". David Wilkerson wrote a biography "The Cross and the Switchblade" and a film of the same name
Mau Mau Uprising a symbol of reconciliation between the British government, the Mau Mau, and all those who suffered". This followed a June 2013 decision by Britain to compensate more than 5,000 Kenyans it tortured and abused during the Mau Mau insurgency. In 1999, a collection of former fighters calling themselves the Mau Mau Original Group announced they would attempt a £5 billion claim against the UK on behalf of hundreds of thousands of Kenyans for ill-treatment they said they suffered during the rebellion, though nothing came of it. In November 2002, the Mau Mau Trust—a welfare group for former members of the