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The Symbol of the Unconquered: A Story of the Ku Klux Klan

1920 · 0h 59m · Drama · United States of America

Eve Mason, a white-passing black woman, moves to a remote cottage she inherited from her late father. She makes the acquaintance of her neighbor, a dashing black settler named Hugh Van Allen, and quickly falls for him. Trouble brews as the local cadre of racist hucksters want the valuable land Van Allen lives on, and will do anything to take it from him.

Written & directed by
Oscar Micheaux
Starring
Iris Hall, Walker Thompson, Lawrence Chenault, Mattie Wilkes
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