Today for Black History Month we remember Eunice Roberta Hunton Carter (July 16, 1897 – January 25, 1970), one of New York's first female African-American lawyers and one of the first African-American prosecutors in the United States. As assistant DA, she determined that mob boss Lucky Luciano must be involved in prostitution. She then put together a prostitution racketeering case that eventually brought down Luciano, who was convicted and served ten years before being deported. The conviction was the first against a major organized crime figure for anything other than tax evasion."

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A #LuckyLuciano headquarters at 91 Mulberry?
It's possible, but so far I haven't seen support for this prosecutor-launched legend. Latest free article on the MobHistory Substack.

https://open.substack.com/pub/mobhistory/p/did-lucky-have-a-headquarters-at?r=12oapz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Der Gangsterboss, der das Verbrechen organisierte.

#LuckyLuciano spielt eine zentrale Rolle bei der Entstehung des #organisierten #Verbrechens in den #USA. 1946 wird er nach #Italien #abgeschoben.
Erst dealt er mit #Heroin, dann steigt er ins #AlkoholGeschäft ein. Schließlich kommen noch #Glücksspiel und #Prostitution hinzu: Lucky #Luciano ist in den 1920er und frühen 1930er Jahren einer der mächtigsten #Gangsterbosse #NewYorks...
https://www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr5/sendungen/zeitzeichen/zeitzeichen-lucky-luciano-108.html

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#OTD (Dec 17) in 1974, a #NewYorkTimes article by Nicholas #Gage disputes the claim that The #LastTestament of #LuckyLuciano is the dictated life story of Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' #Lucania.

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Il lusso che si tinge di sangue: la storia dell’orologio che ha suggellato il patto tra i boss mafiosi

#boss #godfather #luckyluciano #joebonanno #patekphilippe #patek #newyork

https://boomerissimo.it/2025/08/07/patek-philippe-al-sangue-lo-storico-orologio-di-lucky-luciano/

Today in Labor History June 3, 1900: The International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) was founded. In 1909, they led the Uprising of 20,000, a 14-wk strike sparked by a walkout at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, that led to a General Strike. Management used thugs to brutally beat the women, while police looked the other way. In 1910, they led an even bigger strike, The Great Revolt, of 60,000 cloak-makers. The Triangle Shirtwaist fire, in 1911, prompted many more women to join the union. In 1919, many members left to join the Communist Party. Many of those who remained were anarchists with dual membership in the radical IWW. They challenged the autocratic leadership of the ILGWU. The 1920s was marred by sectarian battles between left- and right-wing factions and violence by hired gangsters. Ironically, it was Arnold Rothstein (the Jewish gangster behind the Chicago Black Sox scandal, and who mentored mobsters Meyer Lansky and Lucky Luciano) who got the gangsters to withdraw from the union.

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#OTD (Feb. 2) in #OrganizedCrime #History: NE #Pennsylvania black hander goes to prison, #Detroit mobster is murdered, Reles of #Brooklyn is charged with homicide, #LuckyLuciano is held at Ellis Island awaiting deportation, Joey Lombardo of #Chicago gets life in prison.

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#OTD (Feb. 2) in 1946: #NewYorkCity #Mafia boss Salvatore #LuckyLuciano Lucania is placed in a holding area at Ellis Island in preparation for his deportation to #Italy. (He leaves aboard the S.S. Laura Keene on Feb. 8.)

Read about it:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2020/02/lucky-out-of-prison-held-at-ellis-island.html

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#OTD (Jan. 26) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Morello & Lupo go to trial in #NYC for counterfeiting, Lazia & Gargotta return to #KC from #Cuba, #Youngstown bootlegging conviction is overturned, Profaci is fined, #Wisconsin investigates crime links of cheese company, Salvatore #LuckyLuciano Lucania dies at #Naples airport, #Chicago mobster gets 20 years.

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