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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.
Oscar Micheaux
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Oscar Micheaux
Age: 67 †
Born: 1884
Born: January 2
Died: 1951
Died: March 25
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Oscar Devereaux Micheaux
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