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July 29, 2021 29 mins

Season 1 Episode 5 - Madame Queen

 Summary: Picture, if you will, a black woman dressed to the nines walking around 1920s Harlem as if she owns the place. She is living among the likes of W.E.B. De Bois during the Harlem Renaissance. Now imagine this woman lives a dual life - one of both righteous activism and illegal gambling - and doesn’t even attempt to hide it. That is Stephanie St. Clair, Madame Queen of Policy, our episode 5 curvaceous criminal.

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Research Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_St._Clair

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet-stephanie-st-clair-immigrant-turned-millionaire-who-dominated-harlems-gambling-underground-180977759/

https://www.gothamcenter.org/blog/the-queen-of-numbers-stephanie-st-clair-and-harlems-gambling-racket

https://themobmuseum.org/notable_names/stephanie-st-clair/ 

http://www.journalist-historian.com/?p=194


Audio Credits:

Intro/Outro: Possessed Doll - Purple Planet Music https://www.purple-planet.com/

Background/Sound Effects: Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/



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