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 awarded to a Black actor. It later disappeared.
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Hattie McDaniel’s missing Oscar is replaced at Howard University
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