Bumpy Johnson

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American mobster Harlem gangster crime boss person

Bumpy Johnson was a notorious mid-20th-century Harlem crime boss known for his influence over the neighborhood’s underworld and connections to the Italian Mafia.

Aliases (1)

Pops Johnson ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American mobster → Harlem gangster → crime boss → person →
areaOfOperation	Harlem →
associateOf	Frank Costello → Lucky Luciano → Meyer Lansky →
birthDate	1905-10-31 →
birthPlace	Charleston, South Carolina, United States →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
convictedIn	United States federal court →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
criminalCharge	conspiracy → narcotics-related offenses →
dateOfMarriage	1948 →
deathDate	1968-07-07 →
deathPlace	Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, United States →
era	mid-20th century →
ethnicGroup	African American →
fullName	Ellsworth Raymond Johnson NERFINISHED →
givenName	Ellsworth →
hasGenre	organized crime figure →
incarceratedAt	Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary →
influenced	later Harlem drug traffickers →
knownFor	connections to the Italian-American Mafia → gambling operations in Harlem → involvement in narcotics trafficking →
nickname	Bumpy →
notableFor	influence over Harlem’s underworld → leading organized crime activities in Harlem in the mid-20th century →
notableRole	mediator between Harlem criminal organizations and Italian-American Mafia families →
occupation	crime boss → drug trafficker → gangster → racketeer →
partnerInCrime	Stephanie St. Clair NERFINISHED →
placeOfBurial	Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City, United States →
portrayedBy	Clarence Williams III → Forest Whitaker → Laurence Fishburne →
releaseFromPrisonDate	1963 →
residence	Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, United States →
spouse	Mayme Hatcher Johnson →
subjectOf	TV series "Godfather of Harlem" → film "American Gangster" →
timeInPrison	about 10 years at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Frank Lucas →	associatedWith
Frank Lucas →	inspiredBy
Laurence Fishburne ("Pops Johnson") →	portrayed
American Gangster →	portrays