The Hoe Avenue Peace Meeting was an important gathering of New York gangs on December 7, 1971 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 leader of the gang 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 for being one of the first attempts by street organizations to broker a truce between groups of different ethnic backgrounds.
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