American Gangster
Season 2
Ep 1. Philly Black Mafia `Do for Self'
- TV-14
- October 3, 2007
- 41 min
Season 2 begins with a look at Philadelphia's Black Mafia, formed in the late 1960's, and their extortion policies designed to keep money and business within the black community. Also examined are the syndicates most notorious crimes, including the 1971 Dubrow Furniture store robbery and fire; the 1972 Club Harlem shoot out in Atlantic City and the 1973 Hanafi killings in Washington, D.C.