Godfather of Harlem

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See you on the outside, Bumpy!

Get the fuck outta here!

Fuck you, too, man!

So much has changed in Harlem since you've been gone.

Bad and good.

A lot of folks moved out to Brooklyn and Queens.

They don't feel safe here anymore.

Leeds Department Store went out of business.

Can you imagine that?

No.

Remember how we used to buy your shoes there?

Yeah.

Apollo still there.

As long as there's a Harlem, we'll have the Apollo.

Who's James Brown?

A singer... talented.

Maybe we'll go see him sometime.

I just know you'll get right back into the swing of things.

Looking at you...

I'm already back into the swing of things.

I tried to imagine it from your letters.

Man, to see it for real, it's...

it's modern, all right.

We needed a fresh start.

Afternoon, Mr. Booker.

Welcome home, Daddy.

I'm home for good.

There's the man of the hour!

Yeah, Bumpy!

- Guap, they didn't tell me you was here, man. - Bumpy.

Thanks for coming out, man. I really appreciate it.

And I appreciate what you did for my family, all right?

The Italians...

They're creating a problem for us, Bumpy.

We so glad you back. But Mayme's more glad.

I mean, she won't say,

but she missed you something awful.

Oh, and Charlie just got into Morehouse.

We a little short on funds, but, you know...

- I'll see what I can do, all right? - Thank you.

I got a line on a dozen .38 Colt Longs,

three Browning Automatics, and them boys got some kick.

Margaret's doing so well in school.

- She's really smart, huh? - Oh, exceptional.

And, uh... 'course, the roof in the rectory is leaking.

I got an idea.

I got a car wash on 112th street...

this car wash on 112th street.

Why are you starting a new business right now?

You look good. Prison agrees with you, man.

- Good to see you, brother. - Good to see you, Bumpy.

Daddy?

Daddy?

Are you okay?

I'm fine. Come here! Come here, come here.

Give me a hug.

You want some ice cream? Wanna go get a split?

A split.

Yeah.

We got a problem up on 46th.

All right.

- We'll do that later, okay? - All right.

Okay.

Welcome home, Bumpy.

I'm sorry you gotta come back to all this shit.

What happened?

They came in from the back,

turned this place out like a $5 ho.

Dexter stepped up...

so they capped him.

Who did it?

Some dark-haired motherfucking guinea named Zambrano.

Zambrano? That's Chin Gigante's crew.

You gon' be able to tough this out?

Yes, sir.

Is Sister Helen still at St. Mary's?

You take him over there.

You tell 'em that Dexter's a part of my crew.

You got it.

You'll be all right.

Now you got a story to tell all these ladies.

See he gets anything he needs.

I'm-a get a crew in here to clean this place up, all right?

- It's good to see you. - See you, too.

Let's go.

Who is this guinea that this kid's talking about?

Zambrano.

He's running Harlem for the Genovese family.

He muscled in on numbers, women, dope.

But till now, he left your spots alone.

Tell you this, we ain't do nothing to bring it on.

The Italians are sending us a message.

Cecil still shine shoes over on 37th?

That old coot... he'll be there till he's 100.

Lay a dime on him.

Make sure he gets us the wherefore on Zambrano.

- Hmm. - That cop D'Alessandro,

he still at the 28th?

Nah, nah, he went to narcotics.

We need to put more cops on the pad,

make sure this never happens again.

You got it.

Take me to Pleasant Avenue.

You know, they still don't take too kindly

to colored folks in East Harlem.

Last six blocks of the old country they got up here.

You know what they call Negroes

on Pleasant Avenue?

What?

Dead.

We'll see.

WLIB is proud to present the discussion

between Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

and Minister Malcolm X from the Nation...

- Turn it up. - Hmm?

Congressmen Powell,

how should Negroes respond to police brutality?

Nonviolence demands that the means we use

must be as peaceful as the ends we seek.

- Negroes want our rights. - Yeah.

- Minister Malcolm... - I got my rights right here.

To accuse us of violence

is like accusing the man who is being lynched

simply because he struggles vigorously against his lyncher.

I knew that cat before he changed his name,

before he got that "X."

We got history, him and me.

Congressman Powell?

Nonviolence is a powerful weapon.

That's it.

That's them right there.

This the place. Go around the corner.

If we want to be accepted in this America,

we must strive to find the black man's rights,

to change the white man's idea who the black man is.

Get your motherfucking hands up!

- He said up, motherfuckers! - Move. Move. Move!

Move!

What the fuck you looking at?

Yeah. Kilos in the carcass.

Easy with that.

Jimmy, how we looking?

Looking good, boss.

How's the quality on this batch?

What we looking at?

I'd say 96% pure.

Who the fuck are you?

Where's Chin?

If you're here to steal our dope,

you won't get off this block alive.

Get Chin or I'll blow your fucking head off.

I'm a made man.

Oh, yeah? You got some fucking nerve.

There you are.

What balls you got, huh, coming in here with a shotgun?

Hey, this is Bumpy Johnson. He's a legend.

He took on Dutch Schultz back in the day.

This is Richie Zambrano.

He's my capo. He come down from Detroit. He's my cousin.

You the guy who knee-capped that kid?

He's never gonna walk again. You know that, right?

Oh, that's too bad.

You backwards guinea motherfucker.

What'd you come here for?

You know why I'm here.

That's why you sent this goombah by to hit my spot.

That was a warning shot,

make sure you stay in your place.

You used to be Vito's driver before I left.

And now you're the boss. Okay... boss.

I get a cut of everything from 110th to 160th,

just the way it was before.

No.

Richie Zambrano, he runs Harlem for me now.

Harlem's mine.

Times have changed.

I haven't.

You look so good.

You just...

God, I missed you.

- What? - You fired a gun tonight.

Not at nobody.

Baby, we gotta talk.

How you expect me to talk with you looking like this?

- Huh? - I think you ever wanna come home to this again,

you best start talking.

Look, you don't wanna say nothing out there

because you gotta be strong for your men, I see that.

That's how it's gotta be.

But in here, you are gonna be real,

and you are gonna talk to me.

All right.

What you wanna talk about?

Baby, nobody does that time and comes out fine.

So, I want you to talk to me

about how they locked you in a cage like an animal.

That is what I wanna talk about.

Baby... baby, we don't...

We could talk about that some other time.