
Long Live the Queenie: Stephanie St. Claire
Ridiculous Crime
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Queenie's Contract With Dutch Schultz
Hamit was a strong advocate for hiring Black employees. But he created a negative to balance out that positive by orchestrating violent boycotts against Jewish and Italian-owned businesses. He courted the German American boond and the Nazi-like Christian front in the late 30s. The couple had a year to figure out if this relationship would actually work. If it didn't, they would split and the contract would be voided. There was an annulment clause. And then they really went hard at Queenie. They said they didn't believe her claims that Dutch Schultz wanted to kill her.
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