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A fact from Lincoln Motion Picture Company appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 August 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the earliest film studio of "race movies"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/August.

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Redefining Black Film The company's first two-reeler was The Realization of a Negro's Ambition (1916). The film's black protagonist, James Burton, is a Tuskegee graduate who leaves his father's farm and his girlfriend. Burton's departure allows him to seek his fortune out West on the California oil fields. When he arrives in California, Burton is denied an oil drilling job because he is black. The denial of an opportunity to work for the oil company becomes his major conflict. Nevertheless, Burton surmounts this obstacle by saving the life of a wealthy, white oilman's daughter and is rewarded with a job from her father. Later, the owner discovers that Burton has a degree in civil engineering and makes Burton the head of an oil expedition. Through a series of discoveries, Burton realizes that the geological features of his father's farm resemble those of the California oil fields. He returns home, becomes wealthy through his discovery of oil, and weds his hometown sweetheart.	Lincoln's first two-reel feature film release was The Realization of a Negro's Ambition (1916). The story line is the following: James Burton, is a Tuskegee graduate who leaves his father's farm and his girlfriend. Burton's departure allows him to seek his fortune out West on the California oil fields. When he arrives in California, Burton is denied an oil drilling job because he is black. The denial of an opportunity to work for the oil company becomes his major conflict. Nevertheless, Burton surmounts this obstacle by saving the life of a wealthy, white oilman's daughter and is rewarded with a job from her father. Later, the owner discovers that Burton has a degree in civil engineering and makes Burton the head of an oil expedition. Through a series of discoveries, Burton realizes that the geological features of his father's farm resemble those of the California oil fields. He returns home, becomes weathly through his discovery of oil, and weds his hometown sweetheart.
Blacks in Black and White The only white member of the organization was Harry Gant, cameraman, who was a personal friend of Noble Johnson and had worked with him at Universal Pictures where Noble was an actor.	The only white member of the organization was Harry Gant, cameraman, who was a personal friend of Noble Johnson and had worked with him at Universal Pictures.

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