Al CaponeAl CaponeAINT WE GOT FUNBill collectors gatherRound and ratherHaunt the cottage next doorMen the grocer and butcher sentMen who call for the rentBut with in a happy chappyAnd his bride of only a yearSeem to be so cheerfulHeres an earfulOf the chatter you hearJust to make their trouble nearly doubleSomething happend last nightTo their chimney a gray bird cameMister Stork is his nameAnd Ill bet two pinsA pair of twinsJust happend in with the birdStill theyre very gay and merryJust at dawning I heardEvery morningEvery eveningAint we got funNot much moneyOh but honeyThe rents unpaid dearWe havent a busBut smiles were made dearFor people like usIn the winter in the SummerDont we have funTimes are bum and getting bummerStill we have funTheres nothing surerThe rich get rich and the poor get childrenIn the meantimeIn the between timeAint we got fun.Every morningEvery eveningDont we have funTwins and cares dear come in pairs dearDont we have funWeve only startedAs mommer and popAre we downheartedIll say that were notLandlords mad and getting madderAint we got funTimes are so bad and getting badderStill we have funTheres nothing surerThe rich get rich and the poor get laid offIn the meantimeIn between timeAint we got fun.– Gus Kahn, Raymond B. Egan / Richard A. Whiting, 1921The 1920s were a time of great economic, social, and cultural change in the United States. World War I had just ended which helped increase the public’s optimism and energy. During this time returning soldiers, unskilled laborers and displaced farmers moved to soon overcrowded northern cities. Chicago was one of these cities (Rebman, 44). It was this unique environment of Chicago in the 1920s that helped Al Capone become the most notorious crime figure in history. He was the first gangster to achieve celebrity status. Capone used his many abilities and intelligence to lead a successful career in crime. He could be a ruthless monster yet along the way he would do things to show compassion for the poor, from killing people with baseball bats to opening the first soup kitchen during the great depression with his own money. It was a tumultuous time when people rebelled against the rules and conventions of traditional lifestyles. For the first time, anything could be bought with credit; cars, sofas, iceboxes, pianos, property, even new exciting items like the radio. Almost anything could be bought with the use of deferred payment. Before the use of credit, most people could not buy luxury goods, but now with credit they could. This helped contribute to the growth of organized crime. The 1920s in America brought
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During the 1920s and 1930s, the country was faced with a high social crisis. It was feared that the rise of crime could lead to a “Great Depression.” Crime increased the violence in the nation while in fact it created some of the greatest social problems of the century. Crime would ultimately affect the lives of those who lived and worked on their local farms, hospitals or other neighborhoods in the years following the Civil War. As the war grew, it would cause violence in a number of communities. In the meantime, people had good reasons for seeking safety. Most importantly, the number of new homes was too small to have an effect. The police had to be taken care of, people were held up and pushed around to get attention. In the 1930s, many people who had worked for the criminal gangs of today used their jobs to pay off their student loans and other debts. There was also a social need to get help to those who were not comfortable working in the public sector. This in turn led to more and more drug and prostitution gangs, many of whom began to target black college graduates and also the poor. Many of these gangs were in the Chicago area as early as the 1920s. Between the years of 1919 and 1924 most of the gangs were gone. As the Chicago area grew, gang violence has declined. During the 1930s and 1940s, in addition to the violence caused by criminals in the streets, a variety of social causes, including poverty, alcohol abuse or lack of social services, drug abuse and prostitution also flourished. However and as crime and the housing crisis began to decline, the local police started to take over the criminal justice system. These officers worked with local black neighborhood watch organizations, working to change the behavior of gangs. This also led to increased police presence, which led to increased gangs and crime. The local sheriff’s departments, also called the police,
and the civil circuit, were formed to take over the entire system from the police. The Civil Service Reform Act Of 1933 provided for a number of reforms, most often through their creation of new agency-level agencies like the CCR, Department of State, etc. and their creation/enrollment requirements. These changes were intended to make it easier to deal with and prevent other violent crimes. The first such reform began in 1937 by the CCR. The CCR became the new national agency for policing, enforcing civil rights laws, and training law enforcement personnel. In 1937 the first agency, The New Police Academy at University of Chicago, was established. All officers from the Department of State had to learn the law and enforce it in the Civil Service Reform Act. The Supreme Court ruled in 1941 that police can’t be required to perform an autopsy, either because the officer’s position, history, or ethnicity were “incorrectly placed,” or as a result of his or her involvement with a criminal group. The CCR accepted new, non-profit organizations like the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other agencies to help address violence in the streets and with police.
1940s:  The Civil Rights Movement  Scheduled for 1932 With the Civil Rights Movement on the move into the 1930s, civil rights laws were changed to provide for improved service, better funding of public services, access to housing, and more police force. These reforms made the Police Commissioners in Atlanta, and the Atlanta Police Department, the highest ranking police department in the state, also the de facto de facto chief. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 became the law regulating the conduct and employment of law enforcement and required that police be trained by civil rights law enforcement agencies. The 1964 Civil Rights Act became the law that established the Commission on Civil Rights (crcrd). In 1972, The Federal Election Commission created The Fair Election Law. During this time, more than 10 states and the District of Columbia, each with its own civil rights laws, enacted laws that addressed certain issues raised in this document. Many also enacted statutes that dealt primarily with civil rights issues. However, the following are some of the state and local civil rights laws that are relevant to the Civil Rights movement:
State of Florida: Law 1 of 1961. The commission shall enter into a contract whereby a public district official who has been elected by the public for the purpose of providing training or employment in a field, community based or on public training to any one or more persons shall receive all of said training. This shall include a training permit, an inspection and certification, certification of the employment of labor or services to be performed in accordance with this code and the date of issuance of that inspection.
Indiana: Law 1 of 1966. The commissioner shall enter into a contract with a public school