Lincoln Motion Picture Company: Amended Articles of Incorporation, 1921

Title: Lincoln Motion Picture Company: Amended Articles of Incorporation, 1921
Alternative title: Black Motion Picture Production Companies
Date Created: 1921
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description: Certificate of the amended articles of incorporation Lincoln Motion Picture Company. Signed by Frank C. Jordan, Secretary of State, California.
The Lincoln Motion Picture Company, founded in 1916 by Noble Johnson, was the first all-black movie production company to make films that showcased African American talent, and the first producer of race movies, limited to African American audiences in churches, schools, and "Colored Only" theaters. It remained in operation until 1923, closing shortly after announcing a final project, The Heart of a Negro.
Caption: Written on back of photo: Lincoln Motion Picture Company-Amended Articles of Incorporation (California) Credit: George Johnson.

Genre: photographs
: Motion picture studios
African Americans in the motion picture industry
Names: Jordan, Frank C. (Frank Chester), 1860-1940
Lincoln Motion Picture Company
Resource type: still image