From Brooklyn street gangs to the heights of Chicago’s underworld, Al Capone became the most notorious gangster of the Prohibition era. Discover how he built his empire, and how federal investigators finally brought him down.
In the heart of Harlem, the Cotton Club embodied the contradictions of the 1920s: a temple of jazz, a showcase of luxury and a symbol of very real segregation. Founded as the Club Deluxe, taken over by Owney Madden and made famous by Duke Ellington, it helped Black culture reach a national audience while keeping Black patrons at a distance.
Between 1920 and 1933, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon became a key hub in the Atlantic liquor trade, linking Canadian and European spirits, Caribbean stopovers and the rum-producing region of Demerara in British Guiana.
