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Monday Open Thread: Black Policy Kings and Queen
GOOD MONDAY MORNING, P.O.U.! In this week’s series, we’ll take a look at the Policy Game (aka The Numbers Racket) and the Black men and woman who dominated this multi-million dollar industry of...
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Tuesday Open Thread: Black Policy Kings and Queen
GOOD MORNING, P.O.U.! This story needs to be made into a movie! It’s long, but VERY interesting…. THE JONES BROTHERS L-R: Edward, George, and McKissack Jones (aka Mack)(Photo: Nathan Thompson/Policy...
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Wednesday Open Thread: Black Policy Kings and Queen
HAPPY HUMP DAY, PRAG OBOTS! This brotha truly had NFTG about the Italian mobsters! THEODORE (TEDDY) L. ROE (Excerpt from Straight From The Hood: Amazing But True Gangster Tales by Ron Chepesiuk and...
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Thursday Open Thread: Black Policy Kings and Queen
GOOD MORNING, P.O.U.! CASPER HOLSTEIN Casper Holstein (December 7, 1876 – April 5, 1944) was a prominent New York mobster involved in the Harlem “numbers rackets” during the Harlem Renaissance. He,...
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Friday Open Thread: Black Policy Kings and Queen
HAPPY FRIDAY, P.O.U.! STEPHANIE ST. CLAIR Stephanie St. Clair was born in Martinique, an island in the East Caribbean in 1886 and came to the United States via Marseilles, France. In 1912 she arrived...
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Saturday Open Thread: Black Policy Kings and Queen
GOOD MORNING, P.O.U.! ELLSWORTH “BUMPY” JOHNSON Ellsworth Raymond Johnson (October 31, 1905 – July 7, 1968) — known as “Bumpy” Johnson — was an American mob boss and bookmaker in New York City’s...
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