Ellsworth Raymond “Bumpy” Johnson (October 31, 1905 – July 7, 1968) was an African-American mob boss and bookmaker in Harlem neighborhood. The main Harlem associate of the Genovese crime family, Johnson’s criminal career has inspired films and television. Continue reading
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Stephanie St. Clair (1886 – 1969) was a bookmaker in Harlem. Madam St. Clair was born of mixed French and African descent on Martinique.
She immigrated to the United States via Marseilles in 1912 and ten years later took $10,000 of her own money and set up a numbers bank in Harlem.
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