American Dope White Powder Black Power

Slavery had been over 100 years before large amounts of capital flowed into Black America for the first time- and it came from illegal drugs. Like the Italian, Irish, and Jewish, families that made their fortune during Prohibition- including the Crooked Kennedy's- a handful of Black Gangsters and their families went from rags to riches seemingly overnight. But it was a wild and violent ride, coinciding with high tide for the Civil Rights movement.