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Albert "Chalky" White (played by Michael Kenneth Williams), is a racketeer and the unofficial leader of the African-American community in Atlantic City.

Biography

Background

Chalky White's early life is somewhat nebulous when compared to other main characters, because most of the time, when discussing his past, he is talking to people to whom he may not be telling the truth. He claims to have been born in Elgin, Texas, the son of a talented self-taught carpenter. A local notable, Theo Purcell, heard about Chalky's father's reputation and hired him to build a massive, decorated bookcase in his new home. The work took ten months and after its completion his father brought Chalky to see it. However, the white carpenters in the town didn't like the competition this might bring them and under a scheme they brought Chalky's father out of town and hanged him on a pepper tree. Chalky claims that it was six men who did it; if accurate, this could imply that the young Chalky was present when his father was killed ("Anastasia"). It is known that his father-in-law dissaproved of him at first, believing him to be a "no account" because of where he was from and was a storefront employee. He claimed that Chalky was half Apache to disparage him. Once Chalky proved himself dependable by helping him out when he ran into some trouble, his perception changed. It is implied that Chalky may have "gotten rid of someone" ("Spaghetti and Coffee"). Chalky speaks in broken english and is illiterate ("Ourselves Alone"), which is consistent with a poor background.

Chalky had moved to Atlantic City by the late 1890s, where he ran dice games by the beach. It was there, in 1898, when he first met and began to pay then Sheriff Nucky Thompson a bribe destined to the town boss, the Commodore Louis Kaestner. In 1901 Chalky met the Commodore himself and learned that Nucky had been overtaxing him for three years, keeping the extra money to himself ("The Emerald City"). Chalky also paid bribes to Jim Neary when he was a cop. ("Ourselves Alone")

Eventually, Chalky amassed enough money and power to become the unofficial leader of the town's black community, centered on Atlantic City's North Side. Chalky would charge exorbitant sums of money and other favors to politicians, usually of the dominant Republican Party in exchange for 100 percent of the black vote. In return, Chalky distributed a small part of the wealth in gifts and money among the African-American community and intervened in their favor when they had a problem. He married up, to an educated, light-skinned African-American woman, Lenore White. By 1921 he has fathered three children: two teenagers, Lester and Maybelle, and an infant, Adeline. His house is one of the most luxurious in Atlantic City ("Ourselves Alone").

Season 1

Main article: Chalky White Season 1

Season 2

Main article: Chalky White Season 2

Season 3

Main article: Chalky White Season 3

Relationships

Family

Lenore White: Wife
Maybelle White: Daughter
Lester White: Son
Adeline White: Daughter

Politics

Nucky Thompson: Boss of the organization, bootlegging connection
Jimmy Darmody: Former boss of the organization (deceased)
Commodore Louis Kaestner: Former boss of the organization (deceased)
Dunn Purnsley: Labour leader
Travis Elkins: Dissatisfied worker

Racketeering

Arnold Rothstein: Bootlegging associate
Bill McCoy: Bootlegging associate
Waxey Gordon: Bootlegging associate
Lucky Luciano: Bootlegging associate
Meyer Lansky: Bootlegging associate
Herman Kaufman: Bootlegging associate (deceased)
Kendall: Former driver (deceased)
Jerome: Former driver

Victim(s)

Matteo D'Alessio: Murder victim, Philadelphia gangster, strangled to death for hanging Chalky's driver Kendall
Herman Dacus: Murder victim, Klansman, shot in the neck while trying to escape after shooting up Chalky's brewery
Herb Crocker: Ordered death, Klansman, tortured to death by Chalky's men
Dick Heatherton: Ordered death, Klansman, tortured to death by Chalky's men
Charlie: Ordered death, KKK member, tortured to death by Chalky's men
Dunn Purnsley: Ordered beating for talking back and making threats to Chalky
Two unnamed Gyp Rosetti gunmen ("Two Imposters")

Memorable Quotes

"Tell Nucky I ain't got all day." ("Boardwalk Empire")
"For every drop that's spilt from these here bottles, I'ma take a drop out of one of y'all asses" ("Broadway Limited")
"I was born in Elgin, Texas. My daddy taught himself the carpenter trade doin' for the black folk there. I tell you anything that man put his hand to- table, chair, wedding chest- he'd make that wood sing. Now one day a man, Mr. Theo Purcell, come around. He a white man. Own his own store... stable...hotel. He say to my daddy, 'I hears you the finest carpenter in Elgin.' My daddy tell him, 'Well I can't say one way or the other, but uh I knows a bit about somethin'.' So Mr. Theo Purcell take my daddy to this house he was buildin'. Biggest house in town. Then walk in there and say, 'This here gon' be the library. What you think about that?' My daddy say, 'Well I thinks you need some bookcases.' 'Well then that's what I want you to make me.' Ten month my daddy worked there. And when he finished bring me around. 'Uh, Mr. Purcell this here my boy. I'd like to show him what I done.' 'Well, come on in!' Through the front door. Just like that. When we did- when I seen them bookcases all carved and scrolled with flowers, baskets of fruit, little angels floatin' in the corner...that was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. About a month later another man come round. 'I seen what you did for Theo. Can't let that old dog top me. You come around my house and I'll show you what I need.' My daddy go with him to the edge of town. Wasn't nothin' there but six white men. Twelve foot of rope and the pepper tree they hung him from." ("Anastasia")
"These here my daddy tools." ("Anastasia")
"Well... I ain't buildin' no bookcase." ("Anastasia")
"How you know I drive a Packard?" ("The Emerald City")
"Motherfucker" (repeated line)
"Well, Buck, you do what you want. Just be you and your right hand anyway." ("Ourselves Alone")
"You stay here son. Right there. Inside the house. Pretty clear who the field nigger is." ("What Does the Bee Do?")
"Look at me, girl. Look at me! You interested now? Am I interesting now?" ("Spaghetti and Coffee")
(to Gyp Rosetti) "You just ain't done cookin' yet, friend." ("Two Imposters")
(to Nucky) "All due respect, General Custer, this ain't no spot for a last stand." ("Two Imposters")

Appearances

Season one appearances
Boardwalk Empire	The Ivory Tower	Broadway Limited	Anastasia
Nights in Ballygran	Family Limitation	Home	Hold Me in Paradise
Belle Femme	The Emerald City	Paris Green	A Return to Normalcy

Season two appearances
21	Ourselves Alone	A Dangerous Maid	What Does the Bee Do?
Gimcrack & Bunkum	The Age of Reason	Peg of Old	Two Boats and a Lifeguard
Battle of the Century	Georgia Peaches	Under God's Power She Flourishes	To the Lost

Season three appearances
"Resolution"	"Spaghetti and Coffee"	"Bone for Tuna"	"Blue Bell Boy"
"You'd Be Surprised"	"Ging Gang Goolie"	"Sunday Best"	"The Pony"
"The Milkmaid's Lot"	"A Man, A Plan..."	"Two Imposters"	"Margate Sands"

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 ==Biography==
 ===Background===
-Chalky White's early life is somewhat nebulous when compared to other main characters, because most of the time, when discussing his past, he is talking to people to whom he may not be telling the truth. He claims to have been born in [[Elgin]], [[Texas]], the son of a talented self-taught carpenter. A local notable, [[Theo Purcell]], heard about Chalky's father's reputation and hired him to build a massive, decorated bookcase in his new home. The work took ten months and after its completion his father brought Chalky to see it. However, the white carpenters in the town didn't like the competition this might bring them and under a scheme they brought Chalky's father out of town and hanged him on a pepper tree. Chalky claims that it was six men who did it; if accurate, this could imply that the young Chalky was present when his father was killed. ("[[Anastasia]]") Chalky speaks in broken english and is illiterate ("[[Ourselves Alone]]"), which is consistent with a poor background.
+Chalky White's early life is somewhat nebulous when compared to other main characters, because most of the time, when discussing his past, he is talking to people to whom he may not be telling the truth. He claims to have been born in [[Elgin]], [[Texas]], the son of a talented self-taught carpenter. A local notable, [[Theo Purcell]], heard about Chalky's father's reputation and hired him to build a massive, decorated bookcase in his new home. The work took ten months and after its completion his father brought Chalky to see it. However, the white carpenters in the town didn't like the competition this might bring them and under a scheme they brought Chalky's father out of town and hanged him on a pepper tree. Chalky claims that it was six men who did it; if accurate, this could imply that the young Chalky was present when his father was killed ("[[Anastasia]]"). It is known that his father-in-law dissaproved of him at first, believing him to be a "no account" because of where he was from and was a storefront employee. He claimed that Chalky was half Apache to disparage him. Once Chalky proved himself dependable by helping him out when he ran into some trouble, his perception changed. It is implied that Chalky may have "gotten rid of someone" ("[[Spaghetti and Coffee]]"). Chalky speaks in broken english and is illiterate ("[[Ourselves Alone]]"), which is consistent with a poor background.
 Chalky had moved to [[Atlantic City]] by the late 1890s, where he ran dice games by the beach. It was there, in 1898, when he first met and began to pay then Sheriff [[Nucky Thompson]] a bribe destined to the town boss, the [[Commodore Louis Kaestner]]. In 1901 Chalky met the Commodore himself and learned that Nucky had been overtaxing him for three years, keeping the extra money to himself ("[[The Emerald City]]"). Chalky also paid bribes to [[Jim Neary]] when he was a cop. ("Ourselves Alone")