The Birth of a Nation
Dublin Core
Title
The Birth of a Nation
Subject
Cultural Representation
Art and Entertainment
Description
Group of Klansmen surround freedman Gus (played by white actor Walter Long in blackface) in a scene from director D. W. Griffith's 1915 motion picture The Birth of a Nation.
Creator
D.W. Griffith
Source
YouTube
Publisher
Epoch Producing Co.
Date
1915
Contributor
Lillian Gish
Mae Marsh
Henry B. Walthrall
Miriam Cooper
Mary Alden
Ralph Lewis
George Siegmann
Walter Long
Robert Harmon
Wallace Reid
Jos. Henabery
Elmer Clifton
Josephine Crowell
Rights
Public Domain
Language
English
Type
Movie
Identifier
https://youtu.be/ebtiJH3EOHo?si=5V1mHKoSXvihEzCp
Citation
D.W. Griffith, “The Birth of a Nation,” The Global New Negro, accessed July 3, 2024, https://collections.ccnydigitalscholarship.org/globalnewnegro/items/show/30.