Before Hattie McDaniel won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, she made ...

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 ...

Other crimes were further from home: Hattie McDaniel (“Gone With the ... her family’s maid offered to take the award home so ...

With the announcement of the 97th Academy Awards nominations, one selection has proven to be the most historic — and controversial. Celebrated for her work in “Emilia Pérez,” Karla Sofia Gascón ...

Hattie McDaniel’s performance in Gone With The Wind landed her a well-deserved Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first black person to ever win an Oscar. However ...

delves into the life and legacy of Hattie McDaniel, the first African American to win an Academy Award. This compelling production explores the complexities and triumphs of McDaniel's career and ...

“I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry,” McDaniel said as she accepted the 1st Academy Award given to an African-American for her ...

Writer/director Vincent Victoria titled his feature film “The Dichotomy of Hattie McDaniel” to make a point about the woman who in 1940 became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award.

Hattie McDaniel made history as the first Black person to be nominated, win Academy Award but before that, she called Denver and Fort Collins home.

This is not a new conversation but the latest chapter in a long history of breaking barriers at the Academy Awards. In 1940, Hattie McDaniel’s best supporting actress victory for “Gone With ...