The Black King (1932)

Starring:

• A.B. DeComathiere
• Vivianne Baber 
• Knolly Mitchell 
• Lorenzo Tucker 
• Mary Jane Watkins 

Storyline
Fiery preacher Charcoal Johnson, though no model of sanctity, gains control of a Mississippi Baptist church through personal magnetism; he uses this springboard to organize a 'Back to Africa' movement among his fellow Afro-Americans, along the lines of evangelical religion. Weathering accusations of swindling, he emerges as the self-styled (future) Emperor of the United States of Africa. But his tin-plated pomp is threatened by greed, personalities, and practicalities...