God's Step Children

Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl's fixation with whiteness turns her against her own race, she is sent to a convent. Hopelessly in love with her adoptive brother Jimmie, Naomi consents to marry his friend, but is repulsed by his darker skin and unrefined ways.

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  Oscar Micheaux

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  Jacqueline Lewis
  Young Naomi
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  Ethel Moses
  Mrs. Cushinberry / Eva
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  Alice B. Russell
  Mrs. Saunders
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  Trixie Smith
  A Visitor
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  Charles Thompson
  Young Jimmie
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  Carman Newsome
  Adult Jimmie
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  Gloria Press
  Adult Naomi
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  Alec Lovejoy
  Ontrue Cowper
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  Columbus Jackson
  Cowper's Associate
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  Laura Bowman
  Aunt Carrie
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  Sam Patterson
  Banker
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  Charles R. Moore
  School Superintent
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  Consuela Harris
  Muscle Dancer (Consuelo Harris)
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  Sammy Gardiner
  Tap Dancer
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  Leon Gross
  Orchestra Leader
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  Dorothy Van Engle
  Naomi's Mother
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  Cherokee Thornton
  Clyde Wade