American Gangster is fictionally based on the career of which Harlem-based drug trafficker?
American Gangster (film):  The film is fictionally based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by detective Richie Roberts. Frank Lucas (drug dealer): Frank Lucas (born September 9, 1930) is an American former drug trafficker, who operated in Harlem during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Frank Lucas