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Bumpy Johnson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ellsworth Raymond "Bumpy" Johnson (October 31, 1905 - July 7, 1968) was an American gangster in New York City's Harlem neighborhood in the early 20th century. Johnson was born in Charleston, South Ca...
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Dutch Schultz was blasted due to the N.Y.C. gang thing which ... Ellsworth and the dutch started a war and from that on ellsworth and lucky luciano developed a plan to have the dutch murdered by his own henchmen. Ellsworth bumpy johnson got one of the men on the dutch's side to get the dutch in a retsraunt and kill him.
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`Hoodlum' the story of Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson, Harlem's black Godfather ... find Call & Post articles. `Hoodlum' the story of Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson, Harlem's black Godfather Dutch Schultz and Lucky Luciano were among ... ... Dutch Schultz and Lucky Luciano were among the most infamous crime figures of their day,
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Fishburne plays Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson, a lifetime hoodlum fresh out of Sing Sing in 1934. He returns to the old neighborhood only to find that gangster Dutch Schultz (Roth) is trying to muscle in on the numbers racket.
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Lucky Luciano: I'm not Dutch. Bumpy Johnson: Yeah, you Lucky. Dutch Schultz: You got nuts the size of watermelons. Lucky Luciano: Dutch! Enough with the compliments. Bumpy Johnson: Perhaps you gentlemen to need some more time to consider my proposal.
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By the age of 30, Bumpy Johnson had spent half of his life in prison. ... It was Bumpy who tried to organize the black numbers runners in the fight against Dutch Schultz, and it was Bumpy keeping the black numbers runners in Harlem alive after Schultz’ takeover. This strong determination and will resonated to the...
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