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‘Hattie’s Come Home’: The Academy replaces Hattie McDaniel’s missing Oscar at Howard event

Hattie McDaniel’s Academy Award has returned to its forever home at Howard University. McDaniel became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award in 1940 for her memorable role as “Mammy” in the ...
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‘Hattie’s Come Home’: Pioneering ‘Gone With the Wind’ Winner Saluted with Replacement Oscar Presentation at Howard University

WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was the first Oscar ever awarded to a Black actor: The plaque presented to actress Hattie McDaniel in 1940 for her iconic supporting role in the landmark 1939 film “Gone With the ...
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Hattie McDaniel’s historic missing Oscar is finally being replaced

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 actor to ...
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Academy to replace Hattie McDaniel’s missing Oscar for ‘Gone With the Wind’

The award will be presented to Howard University’s Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts next month. Sixty years after Hattie McDaniel’s Oscar went missing, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and ...
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Hattie McDaniel lived in Colorado before becoming first Black Oscar winner

Hattie McDaniel was an African-American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. Before she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, she made her ...
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Academy to replace Hattie McDaniel’s missing Oscar for ‘Gone With the Wind’

Sixty years after Hattie McDaniel’s Oscar went missing, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will replace it next month. The academy will present the replacement Oscar for McDaniel, who ...