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Oscar Micheaux and the South Dakota Frontier in Print and Cinema

Oscar Micheaux and the South Dakota Frontier in Print and Cinema

Sara Gallagher’s article “Oscar Micheaux and the South Dakota Frontier in Print and Cinema” examines the career of a film director who drew inspiration from his time as a homesteader in Gregory, South Dakota, in the early twentieth century. Micheaux’s artistic endeavors highlighted the possibilities the western frontier held for African Americans while also underscoring the unique challenges they faced in the region. Gallagher is a researcher and lecturer for the English department at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario.