Hattie McDaniel, left, was given the Motion Picture Academy award for the best performance of an actress in a supporting role in 1939 for her work as “Mammy” in the film version of “Gone With the Wind ...

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 ...

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, she made her ...

Hattie McDaniel, the first Black actor to win an Oscar, made a profound statement in her 1940 acceptance speech, saying, "I sincerely hope that I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion ...

This week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that it will finally replace Hattie McDaniel’s long-missing Oscar. McDaniel made history when she became the first Black actor to ...

“Honoring Hattie McDaniel: Past, Present and Future of Representation in Media Arts,” at the 22nd annual Tallgrass Film Festival will include a film retrospective, panel discussions and a special ...

DENVER — Hattie McDaniel, the first Black actor to win an Oscar, started her career path to celebrity stardom in Colorado. Her family moved to Fort Collins in the early 1900s and then to Denver, where ...