Howard University receives a replacement for Hattie McDaniel's missing Oscar

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Howard University receives a replacement for Hattie McDaniel's missing Oscar

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Published 02 Oct 2023

Hattie McDaniel's Oscar went missing from Howard University decades ago. Howard celebrated McDaniel's legacy Sunday as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences replaced the missing plaque.

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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..

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Hattie McDaniel’s missing Oscar is replaced at Howard University

The Oscar — for McDaniel’s performance as “Mammy” in the 1939 big screen epic “Gone with the Wind” — was the first..

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Howard University receives a replacement for Hattie McDaniel's missing Oscar

Howard University receives a replacement for Hattie McDaniel's missing Oscar

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