African-American folklore in the 1920s contrasted the white "peckerwood" bird with the African-American blackbird. Historically, the term "peckerwood" was commonly applied to white prisoners in general. The following list of peckerwood gangs are defined as street gangs within the peckerwood subculture. The colloquial name for the cemetery is Peckerwood Hill. These "Peckerwood" street gangs generally form in lower-income white neighborhoods. The peckerwood prison subculture had its beginnings in the desegregation of United States prisons. Peckerwood Point is an unincorporated community in Tipton County, Tennessee, United States. The gang's peckerwood members joined the Public Enemy No. 1 gang in the regions.