A Snowstorm Trapped Bumpy Johnson With 5 People Who Hated Him
On the morning of December 26, 1947, a heavy snowstorm began burying Harlem under drifts that quickly climbed past ankles and then knees. By late afternoon, buses had stalled at intersections, taxis sat abandoned at odd angles, and the elevated train had ground to a halt north of 135th Street. Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson, a man … Read more