Chester Bomar Himes, African American author of
Chester Bomar Himes, African American author of a series of Harlem Detective novels. He was an ex-convict and published author when Langston Hughes mentored him in 1936. Three movies were based on his works: COTTON CONES TO HARLEM, 1970; COMEBACK CHARLES BLUE, 1972, and A RAGE IN HARLEM, 1991. (CSU_2015_9_854)
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11060938
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Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
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Everett Collection
