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Forgotten black filmmaker wins new attention
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AuthorKing, Susan
PublisherTopeka Capital-JournalSubjectMicheaux, Oscar (1884-1951)African AmericansMoviesSilent filmsDescriptionPhotocopied newspaper article published in the Topeka Capital-Journal on February 23, 2003; article was originally written by Susan King of the Los Angeles Times; article chronicles the life of the Oscar Micheaux, a black silent film director; Micheaux was not from Kansas but is buried with his family in Great Bend; one of Micheaux's four surviving films was shown at the 2002 Kansas Silent Film Festival.Issue Date2003-02-23Original FormatNewspaper clippingDigital FormatjpgLanguageEnglishContributing InstitutionTopeka & Shawnee County Public LibraryRights StatementCopyright the Topeka Capital-Journal
PublisherTopeka Capital-JournalSubjectMicheaux, Oscar (1884-1951)African AmericansMoviesSilent filmsDescriptionPhotocopied newspaper article published in the Topeka Capital-Journal on February 23, 2003; article was originally written by Susan King of the Los Angeles Times; article chronicles the life of the Oscar Micheaux, a black silent film director; Micheaux was not from Kansas but is buried with his family in Great Bend; one of Micheaux's four surviving films was shown at the 2002 Kansas Silent Film Festival.Issue Date2003-02-23Original FormatNewspaper clippingDigital FormatjpgLanguageEnglishContributing InstitutionTopeka & Shawnee County Public LibraryRights StatementCopyright the Topeka Capital-JournalGeographic Location
City, StateTopeka, KansasCountyShawnee County, Kansas
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King, Susan, Forgotten black filmmaker wins new attention. Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Local History Collections, accessed 10/03/2026, https://localhistory.tscpl.org/nodes/view/6242