[1] Coxson co-owned a nightclub named the Rolls Royce Lounge in Center City Philadelphia with civil rights activist Stanley Branche.
He served 22 months in a federal prison in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania for his involvement in an interstate car theft ring.
[5] They met in 1968 when Ali spoke at a fundraiser for a neighborhood organization called the Black Coalition of which Coxson was a board member.
[1] In 1970, after Muhammad Ali defeated Jerry Quarry in the ring, he grabbed the microphone from Howard Cosell and declared: "I dedicate this win to Major Coxson, the future mayor of Camden, New Jersey.
[7] When questioned during the campaign about his criminal record, Coxson replied: "Most politicians start out as officeholders and wind up getting arrested.
Coxson was the Black Mafia's narcotic connection, he received high grade heroin from the notorious East Coast drug trafficker Frank Matthews.
Harvey was a Philadelphia crime figure that was the 320th person placed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list for his suspected involvement in the Coxson murder.