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Lucius Septimius Severus first black emperor of Rome

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Lucius Septimius Severus 11 April 145 – 4 February 211 was a Roman politician who served as emperor from 193 to 211. He was born in Leptis Magna (present-day Al-Khums, Libya) in the Roman province of Africa.As a young man he advanced through the customary succession of offices under the reigns of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. Severus was the final contender to seize power after the death of the emperor Pertinax in 193 during the Year of the Five There's always hidden black history that they don't talk about that' you don't see in school history books today but museums hold that true history 

Oscar DDevereaux Micheaux helped paved the way for all black film creators and writers

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Oscar Devereaux Micheaux January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951 was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and controlled by black filmmakers,Micheaux is regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker, a prominent producer of race films, and has been described as "the most successful African-American filmmaker of the first half of the 20th century". He produced both silent films and sound films.you know Hollywood not going to tell you how they got the name of the infamous Oscar award show that millions be watching around the world today