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The white supremacist film Birth of a Nation (1915) has several minor characters/extras played by black actors. How did these actors feel working on this movie? How much were they paid relative to their white counterparts? Was there any controversy in the South over having black actors in a film?

by /u/George_S_Patton_III in /r/AskHistorians

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