Godfather of Harlem

My successorwill be you, my son.

You don't need to antagonize the government.

You got enough enemieswithout 'em.

I watched tenants be brutalized and did nothing.

Bump: Seeing you, Mayme, and Margaret

standing there together, it was like Heaven on Earth for me.

Margaret is notmy biological daughter.

She's Elise's. Bumpy isMargaret's grandfather.

I need your consent to legally adopt Margaret.

I can't give up my child.

Finally found out the owners of Bowery Lane Holdings.

And here's one. Johnson.

Malcolm X: Every man has a legacy,

whether they want one or not.

Let's get the bus to California.

This is everything we worked towards.

It's finally coming true.

Don't you see this girl is gonna get you killed?

Mama, shut your damn mouth!

- She's right. - It's over, Teddy.

I'd rather give you upthan see you dead.

Chin: Stella! How many did you take?!

Stella!

You're a monster.

Will you leave Teddy alone?

Tell me what happened to Lorenzo.

You killed Joe's son. 'Cause he was fucking your daughter!

Bumpy has never lied to me, not even once.

If I convince you thatJohnson killed Zambrano,

you will arrange a summitwith Bonanno.

I saw Bumpy cut that peckerwood into ribbons,

and I enjoyed every single minute.

Chin: Bumpy Johnson instigated this war.

What are we gonna do about it?

Costello: Bumpy Johnson.

You are here to answer a summons

that you, in cold-blooded fashion,

did murder a made manin the Genovese Family.

I'm here to respond to those charges.

Sit down.

Costello: Chin, why don't you start?

Bumpy Johnson came out of prisonless than a year ago.

- He had one thing on his mind. the desire to steal from us.

To pit usagainst each other...

to take territory that wasnever his in the first place!

And worst of all, he killedmy capo, Richie Zambrano.

He is not the loyal soldier

that spent 11 yearsprotecting Vito Genovese.

He's been inspiredby the nigger "uprising"

that's poisoning this country.

And this nigger herehas forgotten his place!

He's a cancer to our families.

And I move to cut this cancer out!

The war of '57, he ordered the murder of my son

from his prison cell.

I think he killed my capo Donnie Apreda

just a couple of weeks ago.

My Family wants the contract for his death.

It is my right.

Bonanno. I don't kill kids.

You bought into this line of bullshit

from a guy who walks around the street in a bathrobe?

Come on.

You killed Zambrano,

and then you lied to me about it.

30 years, you lied to me!

30 years of friendshipbetween us, and you betrayed me!

Tell me you didn't lie!

I admit it.

I killed Richie Zambrano.

In self-defense!

Against the orders of the Familyto not touch me,

he sent a hitter to kill me with my family.

So I killed him.

Which is the same thing that anyone of you guys would've done.

You killed a made man! That's end of story!

Can I finish with my say?

1963's been a tough year for me.

I think it's been even worse for you guys.

A couple of weeks ago, Adam Clayton Powell

named many of you in the Bowery Lane investigation.

Bowery Lane has kept our illegalprofits hidden for years.

And over the last number of years,

I've been watching every single transaction of Bowery Lane,

the same kind of transactions

that sent Al Capone to jail for life.

I am...

the mob's worst nightmare.

I'm a Negro with a mind for numbers.

And I got the records in a safe deposit box...

which will stay there...

unless you try to harm me,

you try to harm my family,

you try to harm my men.

Those Bowery Lane records will go back

to Adam Clayton Powell'sSubcommittee on Organized Crime.

Are you telling methat you're gonna snitch?

You? You're gonna snitch?

You see the news,

see why the U.S. and Russia don't blow each other sky-high.

It's because they got nuclear weapons pointed at each other,

just like we do.

Mutually assured destruction.

Malcolm X: So... So let me get this straight.

What you're saying isl inspired you

to protect a manyou can't even stand?

Me and Powell, we're like oil and water.

Eh, see, I think you'rebeginning to attain

a politicalconsciousness, Bumpy.

Good. 'Cause everyone knows

that crime don't pay as well as politics do.

But don't you get it, brother?

When men of your stripeget political,

that's when everything changes.

We'll have a million-man armyto fight oppression.

Even more so when you take over the nation.

Your day is coming, Minister.

- Yeah. - It's coming.

Man on TV: Here is a bulletin from CBS News.

In Dallas, Texas, three shots were fired

at President Kennedy's motorcade in downtown Dallas.

The first reports say that President Kennedy

has been seriously wounded by this shooting.

This is Walter Cronkite in our news room.

There has been an attempt, as perhaps you know now,

on the life of President Kennedy.

He was wounded in an automobile

driving from Dallas airport into downtown Dallas

along with Governor Connally of Texas.

They've been taken to Parkland Hospital there,

where their condition is as yet unknown.

We have not been told their condition at Dallas

in the downtown hotel room.

This picture has just been transmitted by wire.

It is a picture taken just moments...

Split moment before the...

Terrible. Just terrible.

Assassination attempt is here.

Let's see if we can get a real close-up

of that picture that has just arrived. Good lord.

What is the world coming to?

You'll notice a smiling Mrs. Kennedy and the President

in the back seat of the car.

Mrs. Connally...

and Governor Connally, you cannot see behind.

The assassin took dead aim.

He got the President, apparently,

with the first shot in the head and then Governor Connally.

From Dallas, Texas, the flash apparently official...

President Kennedy died

at 1:00 p.m. Central Standard Time,

2:00 Eastern Standard Time,

some 38 minutes ago.

We do not know, uh, to where he has proceeded.

People are gonna remember what they were doing

when they first heard President Kennedy was killed.

He was the first president to say that civil rights

was a moral issue.

Yes, yes.

We've lost a good friend.

President Kennedy at the Dallas airport this morning,

uh, was cheerful and waving.

It's been quite a...

Ladies, we shall notbe defeated by this.

We shall overcome.

I just can't believe it.

Jack.

Jack.

Chin: Nice work, Mr. Lee Harvey Oswald.

The son of a bitch is dead.

Suspect in the assassination of President Kennedy.

Maybe now I can get a date with Marilyn Monroe.

Pbht! Dream on.

Hold on. I want to hear this.

Pro-Castro Fair Play for Cuba Committee.

He went to Russia in 1959 saying he was relinquishing

his United States citizenship.

He returned last year,

complaining that he was disillusioned.

Holy shit. A fuckin' commie did this!

Oswald... Do me a favor, guys.

Give us some... Some privacy here.

Where he will be questioned.

He is also a suspect in the murder...

Eight ball?

You gonna hit me with that fuckin' cue again?

Hey. Come on.

No hard feelings. Huh?

Not long after the shot was fired on President...

We can make a move on Bumpy.

How? He'll put us all in the joint if we take a shot.

Well, with Kennedy dead...

you know, Bobby Kennedy'sgot no latitude to fuck us.

Bumpy's leverage goes away whenthe investigation goes away.

We would really have to be sure before we make a move.

Oh, I know a way we can stay clean.

How's that?

I got a guy inPalermo, Sicily, right?

Somebody I bring inwhen I want to make sure

nobody can connect me to anything I do.