The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says it will now replace a long lost Oscar awarded to Hattie McDaniel during the 12th Academy Awards in 1940 for best supporting actress for her role as ...

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 ...

Hattie McDaniel’s best supporting actress Oscar in 1939 for “Gone With the Wind” is one of the most important moments in Academy Award history. McDaniel was the first African American to win an Oscar, ...

When the news broke this week that HBO Max was removing “Gone With the Wind” from its roster of movie offerings (at least temporarily, according to the reports), I searched Google to find out what ...

She was the first African American actress to win an Academy Award. But from the grand mansion she had fought to occupy on West Adams’ celebrated “Sugar Hill,” Hattie McDaniel tasted both the bitter ...