https://padlet.com/mlackner3/lc38mrso7j33ws9x A timeline of Micheaux's art contributions en-us 2022-11-22 15:22:46 UTC 2026-03-16 16:09:10 UTC hello@padlet.com mlackner3 https://padlet.com/mlackner3/lc38mrso7j33ws9x/wish/2395625065 Micheaux, born on January 2, 1884, in Metroplis Illinois and lived with his parents and 12 other siblings. Up until he was 17 he worked on his family's farm.]]> 2022-11-23 13:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mlackner3/lc38mrso7j33ws9x/wish/2395625065 mlackner3 https://padlet.com/mlackner3/lc38mrso7j33ws9x/wish/2395628214 Micheaux left his family's farm in 1900, long before the Great Migration. He believed that there was a better future out there for him because of his upbringings. He made his way to Chicago where he found work as a train porter for the Pullman Porter company.]]> 2022-11-23 13:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mlackner3/lc38mrso7j33ws9x/wish/2395628214 mlackner3 https://padlet.com/mlackner3/lc38mrso7j33ws9x/wish/2395640262 In 1904, after four years of working as a train porter, Micheaux saved up enough money to buy his own piece of land, and it was here he started to work on a farm of his very own.]]> 2022-11-23 14:07:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mlackner3/lc38mrso7j33ws9x/wish/2395640262 mlackner3 https://padlet.com/mlackner3/lc38mrso7j33ws9x/wish/2395645177 In 1910, Micheaux got married to Orlean McCracken, a marriage that didn't last very long. With the death of their child and the increasing loneliness Orlean felt on the farm and even the increasing economic problems forced Orlean into divorce. ]]> 2022-11-23 14:10:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mlackner3/lc38mrso7j33ws9x/wish/2395645177 mlackner3 https://padlet.com/mlackner3/lc38mrso7j33ws9x/wish/2395650051 It was then that Micheaux turned towards writing, almost completely self taught, as a form of therapy. After publishing his first novel The Conquest, this publication caused Micheaux to switch his careers, as he truly believed he could make it in the writing industry.]]> 2022-11-23 14:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mlackner3/lc38mrso7j33ws9x/wish/2395650051 mlackner3 https://padlet.com/mlackner3/lc38mrso7j33ws9x/wish/2400264087 Micheaux's creation of his novel The Homesteader sparked a change in his future forever. He was given an offer by George Johnson, the manager of the Lincoln Motion Picture Company in Los Angeles, to create an adapt film of the novel, and although the interaction didn't work out in the end, Micheaux decided to found his own company and direct his own film which received major success upon publish]]> 2022-11-28 14:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mlackner3/lc38mrso7j33ws9x/wish/2400264087