Chester Himes Quote

"Yeah, the Colonel thought the Back-to-Africa movement was as sinful and un-American as bolshevism and should be stamped out at any cost," Coffin Ed added. "I suppose he thought it was the American thing to do to rob those colored people out of their money," Anderson said sarcastically. "Well, ain't it?" Coffin Ed said.


Cotton Comes to Harlem (1965)


Yeah, the Colonel thought the Back-to-Africa movement was as sinful and un-American as bolshevism and should be stamped out at any cost, Coffin Ed...

Yeah, the Colonel thought the Back-to-Africa movement was as sinful and un-American as bolshevism and should be stamped out at any cost, Coffin Ed...

Yeah, the Colonel thought the Back-to-Africa movement was as sinful and un-American as bolshevism and should be stamped out at any cost, Coffin Ed...

Yeah, the Colonel thought the Back-to-Africa movement was as sinful and un-American as bolshevism and should be stamped out at any cost, Coffin Ed...