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

Oscar Micheaux

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Oscar Micheaux
Age: 67 †
Born: 1884
Born: January 2
Died: 1951
Died: March 25
Actor
Author
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Metropolis
Illinois
Oscar Devereaux Micheaux
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Greatest
Teach
Anything
Men
Life
Colored

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