BronzeVille Policy Kings

Conversation with KINGS author Nathan Thompson

bronzechicago@yahoo.com (Harold Lee Rush) — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:33:00 PST

The BronzeVille Policy Kings RUSHSTREET, the Internet radio program, presents A Conversation with Nathan Thompson, publisher of The Bronzeville Press and best selling author of 'KINGS' The True Story ...

KINGS chronicles the rise and fall of the Policy era, the obscured period in American history between Reconstruction and the modern Civil Rights era. It is the story of how Policy became the 'State Lottery'. Policy was the single biggest Black owned and operated business enterprise in the world, generating upwards of two hundred million dollars annually during the Depression, and controlled by a national brotherhood of African American men called Policy Kings. These men bankrolled the Negro Baseball League, banks, insurance companies, the career of boxing great Joe Louis, and untold medical and professional practices. They were also responsible for converting the Black vote from Republican to Democrat.

Quincy Jones Speaks of KINGS on Tavis Smiley

bronzechicago@yahoo.com (Harold Lee Rush) — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:06:00 PST

Quincy Jones, guest on Tavis Smiley's TV show, January 16, 2007, speaks of the Policy Kings, the book 'KINGS' and its author, Nathan Thompson. To hear the entire program, click here: http://www.pbs.or...

KINGS chronicles the rise and fall of the Policy era, the obscured period in American history between Reconstruction and the modern Civil Rights era. It is the story of how Policy became the 'State Lottery'. Policy was the single biggest Black owned and operated business enterprise in the world, generating upwards of two hundred million dollars annually during the Depression, and controlled by a national brotherhood of African American men called Policy Kings. These men bankrolled the Negro Baseball League, banks, insurance companies, the career of boxing great Joe Louis, and untold medical and professional practices. They were also responsible for converting the Black vote from Republican to Democrat.

The Policy Era

bronzechicago@yahoo.com (Harold Lee Rush) — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:38:00 PST

1938: CRIME Hines Trial One of the most spectacular events of the year in the field of organized crime was the Hines Trial. James J. (Jimmy)Hines, the defendant, was one of the most powerful leade...

KINGS chronicles the rise and fall of the Policy era, the obscured period in American history between Reconstruction and the modern Civil Rights era. It is the story of how Policy became the 'State Lottery'. Policy was the single biggest Black owned and operated business enterprise in the world, generating upwards of two hundred million dollars annually during the Depression, and controlled by a national brotherhood of African American men called Policy Kings. These men bankrolled the Negro Baseball League, banks, insurance companies, the career of boxing great Joe Louis, and untold medical and professional practices. They were also responsible for converting the Black vote from Republican to Democrat.

About Bronzeville - from KINGS

bronzechicago@yahoo.com (Harold Lee Rush) — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 06:05:00 PST

ABOUT BRONZEVILLEClick to play audio excerpt To look at the neighborhood today you'd never know it, but if you were African American and living in the first half of last century, the pl...

KINGS chronicles the rise and fall of the Policy era, the obscured period in American history between Reconstruction and the modern Civil Rights era. It is the story of how Policy became the 'State Lottery'. Policy was the single biggest Black owned and operated business enterprise in the world, generating upwards of two hundred million dollars annually during the Depression, and controlled by a national brotherhood of African American men called Policy Kings. These men bankrolled the Negro Baseball League, banks, insurance companies, the career of boxing great Joe Louis, and untold medical and professional practices. They were also responsible for converting the Black vote from Republican to Democrat.