Birthright (1938)

  • NR
  • 01/01/1938 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 14m

A story of the negro —and the South

Overview

After graduating from Harvard University, Peter Siner returns to his small Tennessee hometown, where he hopes to start a school for black children.

Thomas Sigismund Stribling

Novel

Oscar Micheaux

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Carman Newsome's headshot

Carman Newsome

Peter Siner
Ethel Moses's headshot

Ethel Moses

Cissie
Alec Lovejoy's headshot

Alec Lovejoy

Tump Pack
Hazel Diaz's headshot

Hazel Diaz

Ida May
Trixie Smith's headshot

Trixie Smith

W. Herbert Jelley's headshot

W. Herbert Jelley

Ida Forsyne's headshot

Ida Forsyne

John Ward's headshot

John Ward

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