Month: February 2017

This intro is divided into three main sections. First, it provides an overview of the uplift project to better understand

In Allyson Field’s chapter “The Aesthetics of Uplift: The Hampton-Tuskegee Idea and the Possibility of Failure”, Field introduces the Hampton-Tuskegee

Corey K. Creekmur’s chapter “Telling White Lies: Oscar Micheaux Charles W. Chestnutt” in the book “Oscar Micheaux and his Circle”

In “Negroes Laughing at Themselves? Black Spectatorship and the Performance of Urban Modernity,” Stewart considers how the effects of migration

Jane Gaines’, “In-and-out-of-race: the story of Noble Johnson” examines the connection between Noble Johnson and race film.  Gaines describes the

In 1915 Anita Bush, a young African American actress, founded the Anita Bush stock company with a total of six

In “Capitalizing on Race: White Producers of All-Black Cinema,” Gerald R. Butters, Jr. explores the contributions of five white-owned production

In “The Lafayette Theatre: Crucible of African-American Dramatic Arts”, Cary D. Wintz reveals how Anita Bush and the Lafayette Theatre

Oscar Micheaux’s three surviving films, Within our Gates, The Symbol of the Unconquered, and Body and Soul starkly contrast his