Black gangsters never had the inroads to government and law enforcement that Italian and Irish gangsters had. Jewish gangsters were affiliated with Italians so that was their 'Get out of Jail Free' card. The reason Black gangsters were never able to form an organized crime group similar to Cosa Nostra is the same reason Cosa Nostra never caught on in the west coast, despite the area being ripe with money and corruption. They were shut out by government officials and law enforcement. In NY the Italian gangsters had Tammany Hall. In California they had redneck Willie Parker who thought Italians were just another minority. Black gangsters were met with this roadblock nationwide.

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"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea