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 The Symbol of The Unconquered (1920) is one of the earliest surviving silent films to prominently feature a black cast, and is directed by Oscar Micheaux.  After the death of her grandfather, Evon Mason, a young black woman from Selma, Alabama, travels to the Northwest to identify the mine claim she had been willed. starring Iris Hall, Walker Thompson, Lawrence Chenault, Leigh Whipper.