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works. Micheaux's meticulous skill at presenting controversial issues,
in part, helped to sustain his filmmaking career. However, as
Micheaux continued to provoke controversy well into the '40s by
creating variations of the themes and issues he used in the early
period of his film career, his films lost appeal. The themes and
issues popular in the early period no longer appealed to a new
generation of moviegoers who instead were insulted by Micheaux's
works. Micheaux was a controversial filmmaker whose career ended
when he was unable to create controversy by focusing on issues that
were relevant and would have some degree of appeal to contemporary
audiences.
University of North Carolina

Charlene Regester

Works Cited
Daughter of the Congo: All-Colored Picture At The Lando Next Week,"
Pittsburgh Courier. 30 August 1930: 7.2
A Son of Satan (Advertisement), Afro-A7nerican. Baltimore, 17 July 1926: 4.
"Ban Put on God's Stepchildren,*' Afro-American. Baltimore, 28 May 1938:
10.

Body and Soul (Advertisement), Afro-American. Baltimore, 25 September
1926: 6.
Dismond, Cieraldyn. "Micheaux Produces Another," Pittsburgh Courier. 12
April 1930: 7.2
Jackson, J. A. "Birthright: Modern Uncle Tom’s Cabin Apparently Not
Intended For Colored Audiences," Afro-American. Baltimore, 25
January 1924: 10.
Lewis, Theophilus, "The Harlem Sketch Book," New York Amsterdam News.
16 April 1930: 10.
"Micheaux Film," Chicago Defender. 8 January 1921:4.
"Mixing Sex, Rhythm and Romance Is Job Of A Pioneer Producer of Sepia
Film," Afro-American. Baltimore, 27 February 1937:11.
Oscar Micheaux, letter, Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers. Fisk Univeristy,
Tennessee (30 (October 1921).
"Producer Can Succeed Only With Our Aid," Pittsburgh Courier. 13
December 1924: 10.
"The Brute," Chicago Defender. 25 September 1920: 4.
The Gunsaulus Mystery (Advertisement), Chicago Defender. 26 March
1921: 5.
"The Homesteader: Oscar Micheaux's Great Production Booked at Vendome
Theater," Chicago Defender. 1 March 1919: 11.
The Homesteader (Advertisement), Chicago Defender. 1 March 1919: 11.