Cotton Comes to Harlem
by Chester Himesliterary work· published 1965
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"Black flim-flam man Deke O'Hara is no sooner out of Atlanta's state penitentiary than he's back on the streets working the scam of a lifetime. As sponsor of the Back-to-Africa movement he's counting on the big Harlem rally to produce a big collection for his own private charity."--Back cover.
Adaptations (1)
Cotton Comes to Harlem was adapted into a 1970 film.
Cotton Comes to Harlem1970 · film · 97 min · dir. Ossie Davis · IMDb ↗IMDb6.4Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of land in Africa. When New York City police officers Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson look into O'Malley's scam, they learn that the cash is being smuggled inside a bale of cotton. However, the police, O'Malley, and lots of others find themselves scrambling when the money goes missing.
