Oscar Micheaux: Author, Filmmaker, Entrepreneur
Writer and director Oscar Micheaux was a creative entrepreneur and one of the most important figures in African American cinema during the early twentieth century.
Writer and director Oscar Micheaux was a creative entrepreneur and one of the most important figures in African American cinema during the early twentieth century.
Slavery ended in 1865. But many Black Southerners remained unfree laborers under the convict leasing system.