Synopsis
Set in the 1930's, Birth of the Black Underworld takes viewers on a fascinating journey into the makings of the black underworld and the evolving mindsets of a pack of young would be gangsters lead by Satterfield Jackson who was an orphan taken in by respected Italian mobster Marco Ricci who has ties in both the Italian and Jewish Mafia. Marco and Satterfield develop a father/son bond and like any father would do, Ricci grooms Satterfield for the real world. The Underworld.
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