Micheaux' Tombstone

Hermansen and his wife, Diana, together with Juanita Neuforth, located Oscar Micheaux's grave in 1987. They discovered that Micheaux had no tombstone, but that his grave had been marked with a small metal plate since his death. Together with Harley Robinson, Jr., a second cousin of Micheaux from California, they raised funds in Great Bend and Hollywood and purchased a tombstone for Micheaux.34 On October 8, 1988, the tombstone was dedicated in a ceremony attended by Micheaux relatives, Hollywood people and local residents. James Shabazz of the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame was in attendance, as was director, Robert Townsend. (Micheaux's grave is next to a paved road in Section R of the cemetery, straight north of the Mausoleum, in the extreme north side of the cemetery). Oscar's father and brother (Swan, Jr.) still have no tombstones, but have temporary metal markers on their graves.