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Nathan Thompson, Author of 'KINGS'
The True Story of Chicago's Policy Kings and Numbers Racketeers

Here begins the story of how the Jones brothers cornered the market in Policy, becoming the richest African American family in the country with holdings in some of the country's most powerful corporations, cash in twenty-five different banks, and real estate holdings around the world in America, Europe and Mexico. Along the way Ed would marry a gorgeous Cotton Club dancer, George would choose a vivacious society woman while Mack picked out a sexy star of stage and song. Astonishingly, as the Kings of Policy Kings, the Jones brothers would lead the way in "race progress." POLICYKINGS.COM

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It was 1931, "Year of the Gun," so called because a lot of important people were shot to death so that a new underworld agenda would coexist with the new American government taking shape. From the Eastern seaboard to the heartland gang warfare swept the country, leaving lasting effects on the fabric of American society. POLICYKINGS.COM

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'KINGS'
The True Story of Chicago's Policy Kings and Numbers Racketeers
An Informal History by Nathan Thompson
Published by The Bronzeville Press @ POLICYKINGS.COM

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In the 1930s and '40s, there was a National Brotherhood of Policy Kings that permeated practically every Black community in the country but especially Chicago, the "Policy Capital of the World" In the world of Policy, its Kings were the original "Good Fellows", not because they were gangsters, which they were not, but because they fed the hungry and clothed the naked as virtual "Robin Hoods" and gave their people a sense of security. In the 1920s, when Robert Abbott founded the "Chicago Defender Good Fellows Club" to feed the needy, many of its members were Policy men. POLICYKINGS.COM

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Conversation with KINGS author Nathan Thompson

The BronzeVille Policy Kings RUSHSTREET, the Internet radio program, presents A Conversation with Nathan Thompson, publisher of The Bronzeville Press and best selling author of 'KINGS' The True Story ...
Posted by Bronzeville on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:33:00 PST

Quincy Jones Speaks of KINGS on Tavis Smiley

Quincy Jones, guest on Tavis Smiley's TV show, January 16, 2007, speaks of the Policy Kings, the book 'KINGS' and its author, Nathan Thompson. To hear the entire program, click here: http://www.pbs.or...
Posted by Bronzeville on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:06:00 PST

The Policy Era

1938: CRIME Hines Trial One of the most spectacular events of the year in the field of organized crime was the Hines Trial. James J. (Jimmy)Hines, the defendant, was one of the most powerful leade...
Posted by Bronzeville on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:38:00 PST

About Bronzeville - from KINGS

ABOUT BRONZEVILLEClick to play audio excerpt To look at the neighborhood today you'd never know it, but if you were African American and living in the first half of last century, the pl...
Posted by Bronzeville on Sat, 15 Apr 2006 06:05:00 PST