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P) U.S. Department 0, : ‘stioe ) Federal Bureau of Investigation Los Angeles, California in Reply, Please Refer to File No. October 15, 1982 ARYAN BROTHERHOOD Los Angeles Division RACKETEER ENTERPRISE INVESTIGATION History California State Prison system In the late 1950's and until the early 1960's, there existed at California State Prison, San Quentin, a group of white inmates known as the Blue Bird Gang. As time went on, it became apparent to other white inmates that a more powerful gang was needed to protect white inmates from the Black and Mexican prison spawned gangs that were in power in the Calif rrecti ; pie the creed that was rotherhood (AB): \We ryan I will stand by my brother, My brother will come before all others, My life is forfeited should I fail. my brother, I will honor my brother in peace and war. In 1967, at San Quentin, the name AB was adopted, and the concept of the AB was formed, that is, “one is in for life and the only way out is by death." Originally, one had to be part Irish in order to be a member of the AB. The AB wanted whites who could stand on their own feet, but they reached a point where they did not care about anyone except the ABs, and became a white racist group. They picked the name because it showed This document contains neither recommendations nor con- _Clusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your care 7316 _ fy Fel/poJ