Bumpy plans to build a new club in Harlem but must find a way to finance it without the heroin business; Elise testifies in the Malcolm X murder trial when three innocent men are accused; Stella negotiates a business deal between Colombo and Chin.
Bumpy must turn the Five Families against Chin when he violates their peace agreement; he tasks newcomer Frank Lucas with robbing a shipment of Gigante heroin; Elise learns of a plot to kill Omar; Stella makes a play to become boss of the family.
When the property for Bumpy's new club is being sold to a powerful, white real-estate developer, Bumpy must convince the black "Straw Man" to sell it to him instead; Mayme and Elise stage a protest at Margaret's school.
Bumpy battles a union strike threatening club construction; Elise bails out a fellow Panther; Frank faces consequences for Cowboy Nick's murder.
Bumpy finds a new concrete supplier that subverts payments to the Italians; Elise and the Panthers plan a symbolic action against the police; Frank does a job for Colombo; Mayme asks James Baldwin to do a reading for the Fine Arts Board.
Bumpy suffers a heart attack and has visions of Malcolm in the hospital; he's forced to negotiate with Colombo for Chance's safe return; Elise and Sadiq discover a rat in the Panthers; Olympia Gigante returns to get vengeance.
The Club St. Clair opens, but Bumpy has to pay Colombo a tax; Frank seeks protection from the Italians trying to kill him; Colombo responds to FBI harassment; Sadiq opens up to Elise; Mayme faces a financial obstacle to joining the Fine Arts Board.
Fred Straub returns to sue Bumpy for ownership of the St. Clair, but this time, he's backed by the Italian Mob; the Panthers intervene when Delia's son is drafted to Vietnam; Colombo makes an interesting proposal to Stella.
An attack on Bumpy's family forces him to team up with unlikely allies to retaliate against Joe Colombo; Margaret stays with Elise and the Panthers and helps Jerome; Pino betrays Stella; Colombo plans a Civil Rights rally in Central Park.
To repay a drug debt owed to the Italians after the Harlem riots, Bumpy Johnson robs from his own community.
When Joe Colombo carries out a gentleman's kidnapping of Mayme, Bumpy angrily prepares for a coming war.
Jose Battle asks for a favor from his new partner Bumpy Johnson: a political assassination; Malcolm X is detained by Saudi authorities when he travels to Mecca; the district attorney's office targets Mayme for her gangster ties.
When two uniformed cops attack the Geechee, Bumpy and Battle make a play for control of local 27th police precinct; Stella decides whether to rat Colombo out to the Feds. Meanwhile, Malcolm's life is threatened in Cairo.
Bumpy and Colombo face off for control of the heroin trade when Monsieur 98 returns to bring in the next shipment; Omar makes a romantic appeal to Elise; Pettigrew discovers cocaine through his love affair with a Cuban woman.
Bumpy utilizes Battle's contacts in the CIA to secure a steady supply of a new drug: cocaine; Stella lies to Fineman in an attempt to escape Colombo's oversight; Mayme applies for a government contract for Palmetto.
When Battle's arrested, Bumpy must find a way to spring him and find the mole; Bumpy discovers that Malcolm X has more enemies than they thought.
Bumpy uncovers a CIA plot to assassinate Malcolm X and Che Guevara at the United Nations; Malcolm writes his autobiography; Olympia utilizes Father Louis to get out of trouble.
Chin Gigante is released from prison and seeks to excise Joe Colombo from the Commission.
After 3 months in hiding from Chin Gigante and the Italians, Bumpy Johnson takes action to lift the sanctions off his head; by forging new alliances with European suppliers, Bumpy aims to reunite with his family safely back in Harlem.
Bumpy Johnson wants to use his new French supplier to distribute to the Harlems of other major American cities; Malcolm X uses Cassius Clay to try to leverage himself back into favor with the Nation of Islam before the boxer's fight vs. Sonny Liston.
When innocent black teenagers and bystanders are savagely beaten and arrested by police, the Harlem community rallies to free them; Adam Clayton Powell and Mayme Johnson use peaceful protest, but Bumpy Johnson and Malcolm X prefer street justice.
An unlikely partnership proves to be extremely lucrative for Bumpy Johnson and Chin Gigante, but their success puts targets on their backs; Malcolm X fights off attacks on his character and his life.
An incident at the Geechee Club threatens to break up Bumpy and Chin's partnership; Adam Clayton Powell looks to end the filibuster on the Civil Rights Bill, even if it means playing dirty.
"Three Freedom Riders are murdered in Mississippi, and Bumpy Johnson wants justice, as well as a hedge against Federal investigation. Chin Gigante evades imprisonment with an ""insanity"" defense, and Malcolm X delivers his most fervent call to action."
Confronted with a betrayal in his ranks, Bumpy Johnson hunts for enemies within his Ten Harlems; the conflict between Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam escalates from threats to outright violence.
Bumpy Johnson must protect the Italian mob when Joseph Bonanno decides to abolish the Commission; captain Omar takes his campaign against Malcolm X to a new level.
Bumpy Johnson must fend off rivals to receive the largest dope shipment in New York history, while Harlem explodes into riot; Malcolm X reluctantly agrees to protection from an unusual source.
Bumpy Johnson returns from Alcatraz to reunite with his family and reclaim his Harlem territory from Italian mob boss Vincent Gigante; he finds an unlikely ally in his old friend Malcolm X.
Bumpy engages in a fevered search to find a dope supply independent of the Italians; Chin talks to crooked cops; Mayme worries the effect Bumpy's rescue of his daughter Elise from the streets will have on their family.
Bumpy unexpectedly finds himself at Elise's side when her shoplifting arrest and subsequent abuse is the catalyst for a protest where conflicting interests cause tensions to rise.
Cassius Clay battles local boxing hero Doug Jones; Mayme insists Bumpy back Jones but Malcolm urges Bumpy to back Clay; Chin engages in a turf war for Harlem with Bonnano and a buried secret is revealed.
In an effort to break Bumpy's bank, Chin fixes a bet, as a result, Bumpy owes the winners more than he can cover; police arrest Stella and Teddy for kissing; Elise looks toward the Nation of Islam in order to better herself.
Elijah Muhammed tours Malcolm X's mosque where he meets Elise and asks her to spy on Malcolm; Chin finds out Teddy is alive, leaving Ernie Nunzi to correct his mistake; Esther James sues Adam Clayton Powell Jr. for slander.
Striking back at the Italians, Bumpy exploits Chin's dark past; Mayme and Elise put aside their differences and Bumpy sees his wife and children reunited before his war explodes.
Chin and Bonnano are at war in Harlem; Mayme asks Bumpy to create a will where Bumpy finds out he and Mayme never formally adopted Margaret; Malcolm X and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. go to D.C. for the March on Washington.
Bumpy blackmails the mob in an effort to secure the safety of himself and his family; President John F. Kennedy is assassinated; Teddy performs at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.