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God's Step Children

52% | Jan 01, 1938 | Drama

Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl's fixation with whiteness turns her against her own race, she is sent to a convent. Hopelessly in love with her adoptive brother Jimmie, Naomi consents to marry his friend, but is repulsed by his darker skin and unrefined ways.

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Oscar Micheaux
Director
Oscar Micheaux
Screenplay

Cast

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Jacqueline Lewis
Young Naomi
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Ethel Moses
Mrs. Cushinberry / Eva
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Alice B. Russell
Mrs. Saunders
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Trixie Smith
A Visitor
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Charles Thompson
Young Jimmie

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