At the Oscars ceremony in 1940, African-American actress Hattie McDaniel ... of the musical Show Boat, jumpstarting her professional acting career. According to Watts, McDaniel was a longshot ...

But before she was the first African-American to be nominated — and won the Oscar in 1940 for best supporting actress for her performance in "Gone With the Wind" — Hattie McDaniel made ...

Most people who are familiar with Show Boat likely know the 1951 MGM Technicolor ... rights activist Paul Robeson and the inimitable Hattie McDaniel (as servants Joe and Queenie) an additional ...

This story originally ran Feb. 24, 2019. When Hattie McDaniel was dying of cancer in 1952, she made a special request. She wanted the 1940 Oscar she won for her role supporting role as Mammy in ...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) – organization behind the Oscars – will posthumously honor Hattie McDaniel by reinstating her missing best supporting actress Academy ...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is sending Howard University a replacement Oscar for the groundbreaking actress Hattie McDaniel, whose original award has been missing for at least ...

Hattie McDaniel was an African-American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. Before she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind ...

As the 130th anniversary of the birth of renowned actress Hattie McDaniel approaches, a new effort is underway to commemorate her life, including the Colorado ties, of the first Black person to ...

Photo of a worker at Three Li'l Pigs Barbeque. FILE - Actor Fay Bainter, right, appears with actor Hattie McDaniel the night McDaniel won best supporting actress for her role in the 1939 film Gone ...

Now a replacement is on its way. By Jonathan Abrams After becoming the first Black person to win an Academy Award, in 1940, Hattie McDaniel called the plaque she received a cherished beacon for ...