Hattie McDaniel, who played Mammy in 'Gone with the Wind,' became the first Black person to win an Oscar in 1940. Some members of the Black community criticized her for not pushing harder against ...

The award will be presented to Howard University’s Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts next month. Sixty years after Hattie McDaniel’s Oscar went missing, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and ...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is giving the Howard University Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts a replacement award for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar that Hattie McDaniel ...

(Original Caption) 3/2/1940- Los Angeles, CA: Actress Hattie Mc Daniel is shown with the statuette she received for her portrayal in “Gone With The Wind.” The award was for Best Supporting Role by an ...

Actress Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Academy Award on this day in history, Feb. 29, 1940. McDaniel won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as ...

(Original Caption) 3/2/1940- Los Angeles, CA: Actress Hattie Mc Daniel is shown with the statuette she received for her portrayal in “Gone With The Wind.” The award was for Best Supporting Role by an ...

The first Oscar to be awarded to a Black performer will be restored as a gift to the very first Black college in America. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday that Hattie ...

Hattie McDaniel's historic Oscar is being replaced by the Academy. On Tuesday, the group announced their plans to issue a replacement of the trophy that McDaniel won for Best Supporting Actress at the ...

NEW YORK — Hattie McDaniel's best supporting actress Oscar in 1939 for "Gone With the Wind" is one of the most important moments in Academy Award history. McDaniel was the first African American to ...

McDaniel became the first Black person ever to take home an Oscar at the 12th Academy Awards in 1940, where she won Best Supporting Actress Getty Hattie McDaniel's historic Oscar is being replaced by ...

Hattie McDaniel made history as the first Black to win an Academy Award. Her Oscar trophy, which has been missing since the late 1960s, will be replaced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and ...