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Ellsworth Raymond "Bumpy" Johnson (October 31, 1905 – July 7, 1968) was an American crime boss in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. Early life.
Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson. Died: 1968. Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery. Bronx, New York. Bumpy Johnson has been called the Godfather of Harlem, and even inspired a television series of the same name ...
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.
Harlem Godfather: The Rap on My Husband, Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson (2008, Oshun Publishing Company) co-authored with Mayme H. Johnson An Angry-Ass Black Woman (2012, Karen Hunter Publishing) Hittin’ It Out The Park (2015, Strebor Books) co-authored with Allison S. Hobbs
The actor plays Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson, the real-life complicated criminal who once ruled Harlem's heroin trade. How Forest Whitaker plays a poet, philanthropist, murderer and drug kingpin all ...
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 ...
Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson (1905–1968), natural causes; Yoshio Kodama (1911–1984), natural causes; Sam "The Velvet Glove" Maceo (1894-1951), natural causes;
Lucas was a petty criminal until he became associated with Harlem crime lord Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson (1905-1968). [12] After Johnson's death, Lucas sought advancement by bypassing the Italian Mafia's control of the New York City heroin trade and obtained his heroin direct from Asia's Golden Triangle , often travelling to Bangkok, Thailand and ...