Black History Fact - Oscar Micheaux

(January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company produced some films, he is regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker, the most successful African-American filmmaker of the first half of the twentieth century^[1] and the most prominent producer of race films.^[2] He produced both silent films and "talkies" after the industry changed to incorporate speaking actors.