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

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In 1940, Hattie McDaniel’s best supporting actress victory ... In 1947, James Baskett became the second Black Oscar winner, receiving an honorary award for Disney’s “Song of the South ...

The first Black actor to win an Oscar was Hattie McDaniel in 1939. McDaniel won the best supporting actress award for "Gone with the Wind," in which she played Mammy, a role that has since been ...

1. When Hattie Mcdaniel Broke Down Barriers (1940) McDaniel became the first African-American to receive an Oscar when she ...

As everyone knows, Black history is America history. Our struggles and victories have affected this country for centuries, ...