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Easy Rawlins

CTL-W-0964 · Work

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WWII vet turned PI in 1940s Watts

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WWII vet turned PI in 1940s Watts

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Easy Rawlins is the lead detective character of the film Devil in a Blue Dress (1995). Easy Rawlins is performed by Denzel Washington (TCM: 'Denzel Washington (Easy Rawlins)'). The character comes from Walter Mosley's novels (TCM: Mosley's novels feature the detective hero Easy Rawlins), supporting the novel side of the stored creator credit; the film was directed by Carl Franklin.

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Negro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Negro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLensPhoto: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress
Shoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Shoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLensPhoto: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress
Where the Negro and white sections on the South Side meet, the white and Negro children sometimes play together, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Where the Negro and white sections on the South Side meet, the white and Negro children sometimes play together, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLensPhoto: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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