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Episodes from American Gangster (16)

Season 2

Episode 10

Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff (40:52)

The police called him a drug lord, but he saw himself as a business man and hip hop player. He was Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff, an admitted gangster.

Aired: 12/05/2007

Episode 9

Rayful Edmond III (40:45)

Rayful Edmond III was Washington D.C.'s most notorious drug kingpin in the 1980s. As his business grew, so did the violence and murders.

Aired: 11/28/2007

Episode 8

Charles "Chaz" Williams (40:49)

In the 1970s, Charles "Chaz" Williams went well beyond traditional hustles by robbing over 60 banks in several states.

Aired: 11/21/2007

Episode 7

Jeff Fort & The Blackstone Rangers (40:52)

The streets hailed Jeff Fort as a hero, the law hailed him as a gangster and a terrorist. He organized the hood his way, motivating frustrated youths to follow him.

Aired: 11/14/2007

Episode 6

Felix "The Cat" Mitchell (40:51)

Felix "the Cat" Mitchell ran the well-organized and ruthless drug trafficking empire, My Other Brotha. If you went against his rules, you were dealt with.

Aired: 11/07/2007

Episode 5

Frank Lucas (40:49)

From notorious driver and muscle man to Harlem's most powerful gangster, Frank Lucas ran the powder game with ruthless determination.

Aired: 10/31/2007

Episode 4

Serial Killers: DC Snipers (40:48)

They were supposed to be single, middle-aged white men. Instead the DC Snipers were two Black males bent on murder and terror.

Aired: 10/24/2007

Episode 3

Melvin Williams (40:49)

Criminal genius and master of the hustle, Melvin Williams owned the gambling and heroin addicted market of Baltimore's Pennsylvania Ave for decades.

Aired: 10/17/2007

Episode 2

Larry Hoover & The Gangster Disciples (40:45)

Larry "King" Hoover reigned as the notorious 1970s gang leader, but advocates insist he is a friend to the people, not a violent criminal.

Aired: 10/10/2007

Episode 1

Philly Black Mafia (40:49)

For over two decades, during the rise of Black power in cities across America, the reputed Philly Black Mafia reigned by fear and cold-blooded determination.

Aired: 10/03/2007

Season 1

Episode 6

Lorenzo “Fat Cat” Nichols (41:06)

American Gangster chronicles the life and times of Lorenzo “Fat Cat” Nichols, a notorious African American crime figure. Find out what was really going down when Fat Cat loomed large in Southeast Queens.

Aired: 01/02/2007

Episode 5

The Chambers Brothers (41:02)

Some may refer to Billy Joe, Willie, Larry and Otis Chambers as the First Family of Crime. These four brothers who hailed from Arkansas grew up to be some of the most notorious drug lords in America, with profits that exceeded $50 million a year.

Aired: 12/26/2006

Episode 4

The Smith Brothers (40:57)

This episode will explore the Smith brothers (Troy and Dino) rise from teen crooks to architects of some of the most sophisticated crimes in the Bay Area. When they stole, they stole everything. They never played it safe. They even robbed drug dealers. It was all good for a very long time. But their luck ran out shortly after the Lang job.

Aired: 12/19/2006

Episode 3

Leroy "Nicky" Barnes (41:01)

American Gangster chronicles the life and times of Leroy "Nicky" Barnes, a notorious African American crime figure. Examine what led the man they called “Mr. Untouchable” to become one of the most infamous heroin pushers in Harlem during the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s.

Aired: 12/12/2006

Episode 2

"Freeway" Ricky Ross (40:58)

Illiterate, but athletically inclined, “Freeway” Ricky Ross went from being potentially a star athlete to the crack king of Los Angeles in the 70s and 80s when drugs were turning the City of the Angels into the ‘Hood’ from hell.

Aired: 12/05/2006

Episode 1

Tookie Williams (41:00)

American Gangster chronicles the life and times of Tookie Williams, a notorious African American crime figure.

Aired: 11/28/2006

Comments

randy95023, posted September 5, 2009, 01:44 PM

Crack is super destructive, but it's still BS that some rich Hollywood type can get caught holding a couple of grams of "powder" and get 90 days in County Jail, and a black kid in the city could get caught holding 1/2 a gram of rock and get 10 years. Something isn't right with that...

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Lorenzo “Fat Cat” Nichols, Episode 6, Season 1 (41:06)