Coffin Ed Johnson

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detective fictional character literary character

Coffin Ed Johnson is a tough, streetwise Black detective from Harlem featured in Chester Himes’s crime novels, notably "Cotton Comes to Harlem."

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Coffin Ed Johnson canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf detective ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn A Rage in Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ
All Shot Up NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cotton Comes to Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cotton Comes to Harlem (film adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Crazy Kill NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Heat’s On NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Real Cool Killers NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Harlem police NERFINISHED ⓘ
characteristic ruthless toward criminals ⓘ
streetwise ⓘ
tough ⓘ
violent ⓘ
countryOfWork United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Chester Himes NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicity Black ⓘ
firstAppearance A Rage in Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ
hardboiled fiction ⓘ
hasFriend Grave Digger Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
narrativeRole co-protagonist ⓘ
notableFor depiction of Black urban life in Harlem ⓘ
occupation police detective ⓘ
partner Grave Digger Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
policeRank detective ⓘ
settingOfActivity Harlem, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
worksIn Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Cotton Comes to Harlem → mainCharacter → Coffin Ed Johnson ⓘ