When Hattie McDaniel won the Academy Award for best supporting actress in 1940 for her role as “Mammy” in the epic movie "Gone with the Wind," she was already one of the biggest African ...

Hattie McDaniel was a force in the entertainment industry and paved the way for many actresses today. In The Queen of Sugar Hill, author ReShonda Tate tells the story of the first Black person ...

Actress Hattie McDaniel (left) and Fay Bainter celebrate McDaniel’s groundbreaking 1940 Oscar win, which marked her as the first Black person to ever receive this prestigious award. Credit: AP Photo ...

This week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that it will finally replace Hattie McDaniel’s long-missing Oscar. McDaniel made history when she became the first Black ...

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

As we count down the days until the Oscars on March 10, a newly released book takes a look at the life of the first Black person to ever win an Academy Award: Hattie McDaniel.

Houston Matters Hattie McDaniel made history with her Oscar win – but she also had to sit in the back of the room Author ReShonda Tate explores what happened next for the actress in “The Queen ...

Actress Hattie McDaniel won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as "Mammy" in "Gone with the Wind" on this day in history, February 29, 1940.

Academy members still have a troubling tendency to reward Black women for playing supporting, even subservient roles in other people's stories — and little else.

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