Former Black Mafia leader Lonnie Dawson (Abdul Salim) was released from prison (SCI Smithfield in Huntingdon County, PA) on December 22, 2025 after serving 43
I appeared on the Behind the Lights podcast with host Tommy Canale to discuss my career with a focus on my research and publication record.
Anyone who has read any of my books on Philadelphia’s Black Mafia knows the name Jim Nicholson. James D. Nicholson’s crucial roles investigating and exposing
As many people know, the topic of Philadelphia’s Black Mafia has its own Wikipedia entry – “Black Mafia“. I probably should have publicly commented on
Since this blog is being created roughly four years after the research and writing for what became Black Brothers, Inc.: The Violent Rise and Fall