Oscar Micheaux

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Poster for Oscar Micheaux's film 'The Betrayal.'

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Poster for Oscar Micheaux's film 'Birthright' (1938).

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Poster for Oscar Micheaux's film 'Underworld' (1937).

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Oscar Micheaux overcame Jim Crow laws to make and distribute 22 silent films and 15 talkies over the course of his career.

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Poster for Oscar Micheaux's film 'The Exile' (1931). The Exile is the first sound film by an African-American.

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Image from 'Within Our Gates,' a film by Oscar Micheaux.

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Poster for Oscar Micheaux's film 'Veiled Aristocrats.'

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Poster for Oscar Micheaux's film 'Underworld.'

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Poster for Oscar Micheaux's film 'Gunsaulus Mystery.'

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Poster for Oscar Micheaux's film 'Temptation' (1937).

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Movie poster for Oscar Micheaux, The Czar of Black Hollywood, A film by Bayer Mack.

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Poster for Oscar Micheaux's film 'The Betrayal.'

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Undated photo of filmmaker Oscar Micheaux.

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Poster for Oscar Micheaux's film 'Lying Lips.'

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Poster for Oscar Micheaux's film 'The Exile.'

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Filmmaker Oscar Micheaux is shown in this undated photo. A movie series, which airs each Wednesday in July, features ``race films'' -movies made from about 1920 to 1950 specifically for black audiences. The 29-movie series begins Wednesday, July 1, with ``Symbol of the Unconquered,'' a film by Micheaux that was believed lost until recently. (AP Photo, File)