Season 4
10 episodes
49 min. per episode
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A legendary gangster navigates Harlem’s treacherous underworld, battling rivals and forging alliances to reclaim his throne.
Episodes
Bumpy plans to build a new club in Harlem but must find a way to finance it without the heroin business, Elise testifies in the Malcolm X murder trial when 3 innocent men were accused. Stella brokers a deal between Colombo and Chin.
A power struggle erupts in Harlem as Bumpy seeks allies against Chin's betrayal. Meanwhile, he assigns a risky heroin heist to Frank Lucas, while Elise uncovers deadly secrets and Stella maneuvers for control.
When the property for Bumpy's new club is being sold to a powerful, white real-estate developer, Bumpy must convince the black "Straw Man" to sell it to him instead; Mayme and Elise stage a protest at Margaret's school.
Bumpy battles a union strike threatening club construction. Elise bails out a fellow Panther. Frank faces consequences for Cowboy Nick's murder.
Bumpy finds a new concrete supplier that subverts payments to the Italians; Elise and the Panthers plan a symbolic action against the police; Frank does a job for Colombo; Mayme asks James Baldwin to do a reading for the Fine Arts Board.
A gangster named Bumpy Johnson makes his way in Harlem during the 1960s. A TV prequel to the 2007 film, 'American Gangster', which centered on the criminal enterprise of Frank Lucas.