Celebrity Crime Files
In TV One’s
Celebrity Crime Files, an episode provides a detailed account of the underworld culture in early twentieth century Harlem. This installment portrayed a very complex setting in Harlem in the midst of a cultural reawakening period of the same name. The Harlem
Renaissance was an era that was characterized by a substantial growth of art, creativity, and academia elicited via the African-American lifestyle. As noted in the broadcast, there were prominent figureheads who can partly be held responsible for this notable enlightenment, including W.E.B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey. Although this era evidently resulted in substantial benefits for many citizens living in urban America, the time also paved the way for the conception of Harlem’s …show more content…
Displaying a strong level of confidence, St. Clair and her partners consistently refused to pay Schultz’s protection fee, even though signs of police intervention into her operations were beginning to present themselves. To further resist Schultz’s pressures, she ordered multiple attacks on many of the mobster’s storefronts, and tipped off his underground gambling agency to law enforcement. This report resulted in many of Schultz’s partners’ arrests and the seizure of ~$12 million in cash. This ploy was one of St. Clair’s numerous acts of extortion during her time in power.
St. Clair’s interaction with Schultz began the conclusion of her criminal career; after tipping off the police and provoking a large raid, she knew it was best to stay out of the public eye. After St. Clair’s retirement from the numbers empire, she began a stint of political/civil activism which focused on discrimination, police brutality, and race equality. The Harlem
Renaissance was a time of great growth in urban America but its positive explosion of
African-American culture and creativity was counteracted by an era conducive of a vast criminal underworld as a result of the tremendous amount of new money entering Harlem—funds meant
for
Celebrity Crime Files, an episode provides a detailed account of the underworld culture in early twentieth century Harlem. This installment portrayed a very complex setting in Harlem in the midst of a cultural reawakening period of the same name. The Harlem
Renaissance was an era that was characterized by a substantial growth of art, creativity, and academia elicited via the African-American lifestyle. As noted in the broadcast, there were prominent figureheads who can partly be held responsible for this notable enlightenment, including W.E.B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey. Although this era evidently resulted in substantial benefits for many citizens living in urban America, the time also paved the way for the conception of Harlem’s …show more content…
Displaying a strong level of confidence, St. Clair and her partners consistently refused to pay Schultz’s protection fee, even though signs of police intervention into her operations were beginning to present themselves. To further resist Schultz’s pressures, she ordered multiple attacks on many of the mobster’s storefronts, and tipped off his underground gambling agency to law enforcement. This report resulted in many of Schultz’s partners’ arrests and the seizure of ~$12 million in cash. This ploy was one of St. Clair’s numerous acts of extortion during her time in power.
St. Clair’s interaction with Schultz began the conclusion of her criminal career; after tipping off the police and provoking a large raid, she knew it was best to stay out of the public eye. After St. Clair’s retirement from the numbers empire, she began a stint of political/civil activism which focused on discrimination, police brutality, and race equality. The Harlem
Renaissance was a time of great growth in urban America but its positive explosion of
African-American culture and creativity was counteracted by an era conducive of a vast criminal underworld as a result of the tremendous amount of new money entering Harlem—funds meant
for