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Movie Director Robert Townsend and actor Tommy Hicks pose with Danita Carter, a third cousin of Oscar Micheaux at the tombstone dedication on October 8, 1988. Hicks starred in several Spike Lee films, including "She's Gotta Have It," and "Jungle Fever."

Tombstone dedication

Movie Director/Actor Robert Townsend attended the dedication of Oscar Micheaux's tombstone in Great Bend on October 8, 1988. Micheaux's grave was marked with a small metal plate from 1951 to 1988.

Tommy Hicks, Robert Townsend, Harley Robinson, Jr.

Actor/Director Robert Townsend and Tommy Hicks pose with Oscar Micheaux' second cousin Harley Robinson, Jr. at the tombstone dedicatioin in Great Bend in 1988.