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Ellsworth Raymond "Bumpy" Johnson was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on October 31, 1905, to Margaret Moultrie and William Johnson.When he was 10, his older brother Willie was accused of killing a white man.
In 1934, Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson is released from Sing Sing and returns to Harlem, where mobster Dutch Schultz asserts his control of the lucrative numbers game.Schultz begrudgingly reports to Mafia boss Charles "Lucky" Luciano, who pays bribes to special prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey to protect his business.
In 1968, Frank Lucas is the right-hand man of Harlem mob boss Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson. When Johnson dies of a heart attack, Frank enters the heroin trade, buying directly from producers in Thailand and smuggling it into the U.S. through returning Vietnam War servicemen. Frank sells his heroin under the brand "Blue Magic", whose affordability ...
Godfather of Harlem is an American crime drama television series that premiered on September 29, 2019, on Epix. [1] The series is written by Chris Brancato and Paul Eckstein, and stars Forest Whitaker as 1960s New York City gangster Bumpy Johnson.
St. Clair and her chief enforcer Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson refused to pay protection to Schultz despite the violence and intimidation by police they faced. St. St. Clair responded by attacking the storefronts of businesses that ran Dutch Schultz's betting operations and tipping off the police about him.
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MARLBOROUGH – Ellsworth. Ellsworth. Ellsworth. Ellsworth! The Algonquin senior and future college baseball player was the story Friday night. Owen is his first name, and the Titans called his ...
Colin Powell received his second award with Distinction, [5] while Ellsworth Bunker was given both of his awards with Distinction. Eight Presidents have themselves received the medal either posthumously, post-presidency, or prior to being elected: John F. Kennedy (1963, posthumously) Lyndon B. Johnson (1980, posthumously)