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

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Navy Lt. Clyde Lassen, who was awarded the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military’s highest decoration, by President Lyndon B.

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San Diego International Jewish Film Festival and San Diego Black Film Festival are coming up along with roller derby, Lunar New Year celebrations and places to go with your kids.

One involved a showing of the southern classic “Gone With the Wind” in a crowded George Washington Hall auditorium. At the moment actress Hattie McDaniel appeared on the screen as the ...

In that version, Queenie was played by Hattie McDaniel, who would go on to be the first Black woman to win an Academy Award, for “Gone With the Wind.” The “Show Boat” film is arguably the ...

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 ...

The date Jan. 29, 1861, marked a historic day as Kansas officially became the 34th state of the United States. The journey to ...

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