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Chosen Few MC
AbbreviationCF, 36, CFMC
Founded1959[1][2]
FounderLionel Ricks
Typemotorcycle club
Location
  • Los Angeles Long Beach, San Diego
Websitechosenfewmc.org

The Chosen Few Motorcycle Club are the first mixed race outlaw motorcycle club. Their first white member joined in 1960. Founded in Los Angeles with chapters now all over the United States The Chosen Few MC started around 1959 in Los Angeles California. The founding members were: Lionel, Lil Frank, Roger, Hawk, Slim, Shirly Bates, and Champ. These brothers all rode full dress Harleys & chopped dressers.

The purpose of the club was to ride and enjoy the new black biker set in Los Angeles & Oakland California. Two Names were placed on the table as to what the club was going to be called. "The Patriots Of Iron & Steel" was one, the "Chosen Few " the other. After choosing the latter, The Chosen Few MC was born. [3]

Other clubs[edit]

The same name is used by dozens of other unrelated motorcycle clubs in Iowa, New York, Texas, and other areas. The Chosen Few MC is based in the South Central California area with additional chapters nationwide and in the Philippines.[2][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  • ^ 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.
  • ^ "Rebels on Wheels". Ebony: 64–70. December 1966.
  • ^ 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.



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