With the announcement of the 97th Academy Awards nominations, one selection has proven to be the most historic — and ...

Hattie McDanielmade history as the first Black Oscar winner for her role in Gone with the Wind in 1939. Yet when she left her award to Howard University in her will, the Oscar went missing ...

2Hattie McDaniel Was the First Black Person to Win an Academy Award Hattie McDaniel was the first ... the film’s other ...

The Oscars has a long and great tradition of causing a media storm, so here are some its most memorable moments. Hattie McDaniel was also the first black woman in the US to sing on the radio.

Hattie was the first black actress to be nominated for and to win an Oscar. She won Best Supporting for her performance as Mammy in the classic Gone with the Wind. It was a historical moment for ...

Victoria’s film, which was funded in part by the city of Houston through its Houston Arts Alliance, is one of two ...

“I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry,” McDaniel said as she accepted the 1st Academy Award given to an African-American for her ...