Godfather of Harlem
Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of Har...
Godfather of Harlem
Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of Harlem.
Godfather of Harlem
Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of Har...
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Episode 1: By Whatever Means Necessary
After returning from Alcatraz, Bumpy Johnson seeks to regain control of Harlem. With the streets con...
Episode 2: The Nitty Gritty
Realizing a consistent source of heroin is vital to reclaim Harlem, Bumpy engages in a fevered searc...
Episode 3: Our Day Will Come
Bumpy unexpectedly finds himself at Elise's side when her shoplifting arrest and subsequent abuse is...
Episode 4: I Am The Greatest
Cassius Clay battles local boxing hero Doug Jones in the ring. Mayme insists Bumpy back Jones, an ad...
Episode 5: It's All In the Game
In an effort to break Bumpy's bank, Chin fixes a bet, as a result, Bumpy owes the winners more than...
Episode 6: Il Canto de Malavita
Elijah Muhammed tours Malcolm X's mosque where he meets Elise and asks her to spy on Malcolm. Chin f...
Episode 7: Masters of War
Striking back at the Italians, Bumpy exploits Chin's dark past. Mayme and Elise put aside their diff...
Episode 8: How I Got Over
Chin and Bonnano are at war in Harlem. Mayme asks Bumpy to create a will where Bumpy finds out he an...
Episode 9: Rent Strike Blues
Due to slum conditions in Harlem, Adam Clayton Powell Jr. leads a rent strike and investigates the o...
Episode 10: Chickens Come Home to Roost
Bumpy blackmails the mob in an effort to secure the safety of himself and his family. President John...
Season 2 finds Bumpy battling the New York Crime Families for control of the lucrative and murderous “French Connection,” the pipeline for heroin that runs from Marseilles to New York Harbor. With a distribution syndicate that includes black crime bosses from other major U.S. cities, Bumpy takes a cue from his friend Malcolm X’s message of black economic nationalism.
Episode 1: The French Connection
After three months in hiding from Chin Gigante and the Italians, Bumpy Johnson takes action to lift...
Episode 2: Sting Like a Bee
Bumpy Johnson wants to use his new French supplier to distribute to the “Harlems” of other major Ame...
Episode 3: The Fruit Stand Riot
When innocent black teenagers and bystanders are savagely beaten and arrested by police, the Harlem...
Episode 4: The Geechee
An unlikely partnership proves to be extremely lucrative for Bumpy Johnson and Chin Gigante, but the...
Episode 5: It's a Small World After All
An incident at the Geechee Club threatens to break up Bumpy and Chin's partnership. Adam Clayton Pow...
Episode 6: The Ballot or the Bullet
Three Freedom Riders are murdered in Mississippi, and Bumpy Johnson wants justice, as well as a hedg...
Episode 7: Man of the Year
Before accepting a prestigious award, Bumpy Johnson contemplates the many contradictions in his life...
Episode 8: Ten Harlems
Confronted with a betrayal in his ranks, Bumpy Johnson hunts for enemies within his Ten Harlems. The...
Episode 9: The Bonanno Split
Bumpy Johnson must protect the Italian mob when Joseph Bonanno decides to abolish the Commission; ca...
Episode 10: The Hate That Hate Produced
Bumpy Johnson must fend off rivals to receive the largest dope shipment in New York history, while H...
Season Three finds Bumpy Johnson continuing to battle for control of Harlem, with other aspirants to the throne, namely the Cuban Mafia from neighboring Spanish Harlem. Taking on the Cuban mob puts Bumpy, his loved ones, and his community in the crosshairs of not only the rival Italians, but ruthless Latin assassins and, ultimately, the CIA.
Episode 1: The Negro in White America
To repay a drug debt owed to the Italians after the Harlem riots, Bumpy Johnson robs from his own co...
Episode 2: Alzado
When Joe Colombo carries out a gentleman's kidnapping of Mayme, Bumpy angrily prepares for a coming...
Episode 3: Mecca
Jose Battle asks for a favor from his new partner Bumpy Johnson: a political assassination. Malcolm...
Episode 4: Captain Fields
When two uniformed cops attack the Geechee, Bumpy and Battle make a play for control of local 27th p...
Episode 5: Angel of Death
Bumpy and Colombo face off for control of the heroin trade when Monsieur 98 returns to bring in the...
Episode 6: Spooks
Bumpy utilizes Battle's contacts in the CIA to secure a steady supply of a new drug: cocaine. Stella...
Episode 7: All Roads Lead to Malcolm
When Battle's arrested, Bumpy must find a way to spring him and find the mole. Bumpy discovers that...
Episode 8: Homeland or Death
Bumpy uncovers a CIA plot to assassinate Malcolm X and Che Guevara at the United Nations. Malcolm wr...
Episode 9: We Are All Kings
Chin Gigante is released from prison and seeks to excise Joe Colombo from the Commission.
Episode 10: Our Black Shining Prince
Bumpy and Chin enlist Morgenthau's help to prevent Colombo and Battle from bringing in a shipment of...
In season 4, Bumpy Johnson continues his bloody war for control of Harlem against New York's Mafia families, while contending with the arrival of gangster Frank Lucas. After Malcolm X's tragic assassination, Bumpy must also grapple with his daughter Elise's involvement with the Black Panthers.
Episode 1: New Harlem
Bumpy plans to build a new club in Harlem but must find a new way to finance it without the heroin b...
Episode 2: Country Boy
A power struggle erupts in Harlem as Bumpy seeks allies against Chin's betrayal. Meanwhile, he assig...
Episode 3: The Straw Man
When the property for Bumpy's new club is being sold to a powerful, white real-estate developer, Bum...
Episode 4: Union Blues
Bumpy battles a union strike threatening club construction. Elise bails out a fellow Panther and Fra...
Episode 5: Concrete Jungle
Bumpy finds a new concrete supplier that subverts payments to the Italians; Elise and the Panthers p...
Episode 6: The Visit
Bumpy suffers a heart attack and has visions of Malcolm in the hospital; he's forced to negotiate wi...
Episode 7: The Pawn Goes First
The Club St. Clair opens, but Bumpy has to pay Colombo a tax; Frank seeks protection from the Italia...
Episode 8: If We Must Die
Fred Straub returns to sue Bumpy for ownership of the St. Clair, but this time, he's backed by the I...
Episode 9: Black and White
Without the St. Clair, Bumpy's forced to bring an old enemy back to Harlem to take care of Joe Colom...
Episode 10: Unity Day
An attack on Bumpy's family forces him to team up with unlikely allies to retaliate against Joe Colo...
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