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

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

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

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

Legendary composer John Williams has the most Oscar nominations of any living person, with 54 nods. Williams has won five ...

In that version, Queenie was played by Hattie McDaniel, who would go on to be ... kerchief on her head and had the comedic gestures of a mammy caricature. She and Robeson were also given a new ...

At the moment actress Hattie McDaniel appeared on the screen as the stereotypical “Mammy,” the contingent of Black students, seated together at the front of the auditorium, rose en masse and ...

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 ...

Ironically, when Horne was becoming persona non grata among Black performers, it was Hattie McDaniel, the actor who won an Oscar in 1940 for playing the stereotypical role of "Mammy" in "Gone With ...

Trivia: None of the film’s black actors, including Hattie McDaniel (who later won an Academy Award for playing Mammy), were allowed to attend the film’s premiere in Atlanta. This classic epic about ...

The Shot Hattie McDaniel's Battle With Hollywood Posted: January 13, 2025 | Last updated: January 13, 2025 A Hollywood outsider who had to fight tooth and nail for everything she had, McDaniel ...

Mike McDaniel saw things one way, the game officials, another. It was the second half of Miami’s game at Cleveland in late December when officials ruled the Dolphins’ ballcarrier short of the ...