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Harlem’s Bette Midler As Sue Mengers

Posted on April 7, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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Baby It’s You!

Maureed Down writes for Vanity Fair Magazine that there’ll never be another Sue Mengers, the Hollywood superagent who boozed, schmoozed, smoked, toked, and wisecracked her way into the boys’ club. Continue reading →

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Gordon Parks Talks About His Days At The YMCA (video)

Posted on September 27, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Gordon Parks, the man who caught the eye of Marva Louis, the elegant wife of the heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Louis, Continue reading →

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Druglord ‘gangster’ fashion victim

Posted on June 7, 2010 by | 3 Comments

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The $1 million-a-day heroin empire of a notorious Harlem druglord was brought down by his flashy fur coat, the kingpin says.

In “Original Gangster,” Frank Lucas’ new autobiography that hits shelves this week, the once-untouchable drug dealer says he ordered the $100,000, floor-length chinchilla coat and matching $25,000 hat Continue reading →

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