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Sep 26, 2019 · On the show, when Johnson returns to Harlem, he is not greeted by a parade but instead his loyal wife Mayme (Ilfenesh Hadera) and dozens of black Harlemites who turn to Johnson for favors and...
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Doug Jones (February 27, 1937 – November 14, 2017) was an American heavyweight boxer. [1] He was the number-one contender in early 1964 and beat top contenders Zora Folley , Light Heavyweight Champion Bob Foster , Middleweight World Champion Bobo Olson and World Heavyweight title challengers Pete Rademacher and Tom McNeeley in his career. [ 2 ]
Dec 14, 2007 · Depicted as Lucas’ mentor, the exploits of Johnson, once chronicled by Lawrence Fishburne in the movie Hoodlum have returned to our attention.Although he’s been gone since 1968, Johnson left behind...
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Nov 18, 2023 · A proud author at 93, Mayme Hatcher Johnson died a year after sharing her story as Bumpy Jonshon's wife. The pair had been married for 20 years when the late crime boss passed in the late '60s.
Apr 2, 2023 · Mayme Johnson (Ilfenesh Hadera) is the wife of the mob boss Bumpy Johnson and a civil rights activist who passionately fights against the oppression of black people in Harlem. Mayme doesn’t participate in her husband’s criminal activities, but she loves him and sometimes advises him on business matters.
Nov 16, 2023 · Though Johnson allegedly had a romantic tryst with popular socialite and Editor Helen Lawson, and was incarcerated for 15 years in 1951, the two remained married until his death in 1968. Mayme...
Word has reached us that Doug Jones, the former light heavyweight and heavyweight contender of the early 1960s, passed away recently at the age of 80. Prior to Muhammad Ali’s three and a half year exile that began in 1967 Doug Jones gave the fighter then known as Cassius Clay his toughest fight.