The Real Story of 'American Gangster' Frank Lucas
It's the story of the rise of a small-time Harlem crook to African American drug baron.
2016-05-18 19:00:00 - Our History
American Gangster tells the story of Frank Lucas - the first Harlem gangster to turn the tables on the mafia by creating a heroin network responsible for a statewide epidemic. But Hollywood got the wrong guy.
The new supply-network was the brainchild of an ex-Army sergeant, smuggling huge quantities from South East Asia into the United States.
In reality - Ike Atkinson was untouchable until Frank Lucas exacts revenge and brings him down. Ike Atkinson is the Real Story of American Gangster.
This film was first broadcast in 2016