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Chosen Few MC
Founded1959[1][2]
Founded atSouth Central, Los Angeles
TypeOutlaw motorcycle club
Region
USA and Philippines
President (South Central/Los Angeles-Mother Chapter)
Fontayne
Websitewww.chosenfewmc.org

The Chosen Few MC were the first Racial integration|racially integrated one-percenter [outlaw motorcycle club]], established by Lionel Ricks in Los Angeles, California in 1959.[1] Originally an African-American motorcycle club, its first white member joined in 1960.[3]

Other clubs

The same name is used by other unrelated motorcycle clubs in Iowa, New York, Belgium, Ireland,[2] and Canada.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Tobie Gene Levengston; Keith Zimmerman (2003). Soul on Bikes: The East Bay Dragons Mc and the Black Biker Experience. MotorBooks International. ISBN 978-0-7603-1747-1. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b Bill Hayes (30 December 2011). The One Percenter Encyclopedia: From Abyss Ghosts to Zombies Elite. MBI Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-7603-4110-0. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Rebels on Wheels". Ebony: 64–70. December 1966.
  4. ^ Daniel R. Wolf (1991). The Rebels : a Brotherhood of Outlaw Bikers. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-7363-1. Retrieved 20 April 2013.