Explore the real people and events as visited in the book.
Real People
Silent Movies
The Squaw Man (1914) The Birth of a Nation (1915) Intolerance (1916) The Realization of a Negro's Ambition (1916) The Homesteader (1919) The Cameraman (1928) |
Real Events
1865 - Lincoln assassinated
1866 - Memphis Riots 1875 - Civil Rights Act ( guaranteed Negroes equal treatment on public transportation) 1883 - The 1875 Civil Rights Act is struck down by Supreme Court 1910 - Johnson - Jeffries Fight 1911 - The Triangle Waistshirt Factory fire 1913 - Oscar Micheaux writes first book 1914 - Cecil de Mille films first feature in Hollywood, The Squaw Man 1914 - D. W. Griffith starts filming The Birth of a Nation 1915 - The Birth of a Nation is released 1916 - Noble Johnson and the Lincoln Motion Picture Company make their first film, The Realization of a Negro's Ambition 1916 - D. W. Griffith films Intolerance 1919 - Oscar Micheaux makes his first motion picture, The Homesteader |
