Street Racer and Peacemaker Big Willie Robinson Dies

Big Willie Robinson used drag racing as a means of establishing peace and unity among young people of diverse ethnicity. | May 21, 2012 | Meguiar's LOS ANGELES — Andrew "Big Willie" Robinson, a legendary street racer-turned-social reformer, has died. He was 70.

Big Willie Robinson, street racer and peacemaker was 70

Kevin Roderick: Los Angeles car culture never saw anyone like Big Willie Robinson — or needed anyone quite so much. In the mid 1960s, when baby boomers were racing hot rods and fighting each other and the cops all around town, he created the International Brotherhood of Street Racers and brought some order to the subculture. (Big Willie stood 6'6" and people listened.) I'm guessing he was the ...

RIP Big Willie Robinson, Sought End To Gang Violence Through Drag Racing [Video]

# obituaries At 6'6", William "Big Willie" Andrew Robinson III — a bowler hat perched atop his head, his voice booming — cut an imposing figure among the youth of South Central Los Angeles during the 1970s. That figure both belied and contributed to his mission, which was to end gang violence and racial unrest through drag racing. Robinson died this past Saturday after a short illness. He was 70 ...

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