The Oscar plaque Hattie McDaniel bequeathed to Howard University mysteriously disappeared in the late 1960s, what happened to ...

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 ...

On the eve of the 97th annual Academy Awards, let’s revisit some of the wildest things that have ever gone down in the name ...

From Hattie McDaniel to Halle Berry, keep reading to get into the goodness! Hattie McDaniel made Black history in 1940, becoming the first Black person to win an Oscar for her role in the 1939 ...

So, here are all 23 of them, chronologically ordered. The very first Black winner for an acting Academy Award, Hattie McDaniel won it for Best Supporting Actress with her portrayal of Mammy in ...

Mammy, played by Hattie McDaniel, was seen as the exemplification of the Mammy archetype, a stereotype of a homely Black woman who dotes on her white boss/owner. Slavery as a whole is skimmed over ...

Opening public reception for the “Romancing the Novel” exhibition in the Esther Prangley Rice Gallery at McDaniel – exhibition runs through March 7. A banner hangs outside the Esther ...

Mourners hold pictures of Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah, right, and his cousin and successor Hashem Safieddine as they gather to attend their funeral procession in Beirut, Lebanon ...

RANDOLPH STAKEMAN, HISTORIAN: After his father's funeral, he didn't go home ... He singled out Hattie McDaniel, who had played Mammy in Gone With the Wind. Although frequently cast in subservient ...