Bumpy Johnson & Johnson Family Films

I hope everyone, by now, knows that the new television miniseries "Godfather of Harlem," is based on the book "Harlem Godfather" written by Bumpy's 94-year old ...widow, Mayme Johnson (since deceased), and me back in 2008. Of course, the people producing this television series did not come to me, Ant Hatcher (Bumpy's grandson) or anyone involved in the creation of the book. Or even acknowledge our existence. Beyond using an obvious play on our title in order to exploit some of that publicity we garnered. But would you believe more than 300 people who did not know me, Mayme, or Bumpy Johnson, pre-paid for a copy of our book simply because they wanted to support this endeavor? We put out a call over the Internet for paid pre-orders because Mayme Johnson wanted this book written immediately, because she was getting older and may not have been able to wait for mainstream publishing to put it out. So we needed the money to come up with the printing. $3000 to be specific. So 300 people sent $10, to people whom they did not know, to get the printing done; hoping, but not knowing for sure that they were not being duped. African-American media personalities like James Mtume of 98.7 KISS FM, Yalanda Lattimore of DryerBuzz , who did not know us, invited us to promote a product that had not yet been created or funded normally a big no-no in order to help raise money for the printing. That's called community support. But it would seem none of that matters to the producers of Godfather of Harlem. But, we know that kinda stuff often happens when it comes down to money-grubbing Hollywood types making money off of the stories that we bring to light. No, it doesn't only happen to black people but I can't but help think of the horrific stories like the black woman who wrote The Matrix -- and only won a copyright infringement suit some 14 years later. I am a Black woman, a Disabled Vet, and, yep, I actually knew Bumpy Johnson when I was a kid. And, oh my God, how I loved Mayme Johnson. I am also a former staff writer with a major newspaper, and a best-selling author. (Look me up! I am even listed in Wikipedia!) Before Harlem Godfather was written there was absolutely no legitimate information written about Bumpy Johnson Ever! All there was written were misconceptions and incorrect information. When the Frank Lucas movie came out which detailed a bunch of lies and misconceptions about Bumpy Johnson, Mayme Johnson was so furious that she insisted that I go ahead and write the book I had said I was interested in writing some 10 years before. The first and only biography about legendary Harlem gangster, Bumpy Johnson. It wasn't easy for either of us. She was, after all, 94-years old and I was still recovering from brain surgery to remove a tumor on my left frontal lobe. But we persevered, and less than a year after we started Mayme was signing books at a launch party in Harlem that brought out more than 100 people. Some people are unscrupulous It seems that producers of "Godfather of Harlem" number among them.

Even though I have heard that they used my book (The first book done on Bumpy Johnson, and co-written by his widow) as as reference, and it was even seen on the... set, no one from the production team has contacted either me, or Ant Hatcher the one living relative of Mayme and Bumpy who, I might add, shares the rights for this book. Camille R. Quinones Miller Joe Quinones See more

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