Ep 1: Atlanta

The Godmother

In 1930s New York, infamous mob boss Lucky Luciano is standing trial. His story will inspire Hollywood retellings for decades to come. But beneath the mythology, there’s another story being overshadowed. That of the woman who masterminded his downfall: Eunice Carter.

She was one of the first Black female prosecutors in America, and her story begins in Atlanta, at the turn of the 20th century.

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