It is only by presenting those portions of the race in my pictures, in the light and backround … - Oscar Micheaux

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At a brunch potluck, I realize that I do, in fact, hate everybody.

Oscar Micheaux

It is only by presenting those portions of the race in my pictures, in the light and backround of their true state, that we can raise our people to greater heights.

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One of the greatest tasks of my life has been to teach the colored man he can be anything.

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Every race man and woman should cast aside their skepticism regarding the Negro's ability as a motion picture star.

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We want to see our lives dramatized on the screen as we are living it, the same as other people, the world over.

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