“When people talk about Hattie McDaniel, they go, ‘She played Mammy in Gone with the Wind,’ the end. She played maid roles, the end,” Goff said. “My hope is that they’ll hear this talk ...

Hattie McDaniel was an African-American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. Before she won an Academy Award for Best ...

Hattie McDaniel pushed boundaries for the Black community ... In 1939, McDaniel was cast as Mammy, Scarlett O’Hara’s enslaved maid in Gone with the Wind, which became a career-defining role ...