God's Step Children

Genre: drama

Year Published: 1938

Creator: Oscar Micheaux

Credits: Cast: Ethel Moses, Alice B. Russell, Columbus Jackson

Description: A young black woman arrives at the home of a black widow, Mrs. Saunders, and begs her to look after her light-skinned baby, whom she cannot afford to feed. Nine years later, schoolgirl Naomi is thought by the other black children to be aloof; they accuse the light-complexioned child of not wanting to be black. Naomi starts a rumor that Mrs. Cushinberry is having an affair with a married professor; soon a riot erupts at school and a crowd of angry parents march to the school superintendent's house to demand that he fire both teachers. Naomi is soon sent to a convent

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