Hattie McDaniel NewsNews about Hattie McDaniel continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Mae West: Hattie McDaniel- February 28, 2008 On 29 February 1940 Hattie McDaniel - - who worked with - - became the first black actor to win an Oscar for her role as Mammy in " Gone with the Wind " 1939. - - After years as a radio and vaudeville ... via Mae West in New Yorkhttp://www.topix.net/who/hattie-mcdaniel/2008/02/mae-west-hattie-mcdaniel?fromrss=1 That Was the Week That Was- February 21, 2008 Entertainment highlights during the week of Feb. 24-March 1: 1940: Actress Hattie McDaniel became the first black woman to win an Oscar. via HendersonvilleNews.comhttp://www.topix.net/who/hattie-mcdaniel/2008/02/that-was-the-week-that-was?fromrss=1 Black History Moment: Hattie McDaniel- February 19, 2008 Hattie McDaniel was the first African American performer to win an Academy Award. via WXIA-TV Atlantahttp://www.topix.net/who/hattie-mcdaniel/2008/02/black-history-moment-hattie-mcdaniel?from... Where Is Hattie McDaniel's Oscar- February 16, 2008 "Furious, frustrated black Americans are rumored to have heaved the Oscar into the Potomac River in effigy of racial stereotyping." Where is Hattie McDaniel's Oscar Missing, apparently, according to this 2005 story in the San Diego UnionTribune. via Milwaukee Journal Sentinelhttp://www.topix.net/who/hattie-mcdaniel/2008/02/where-is-hattie-mcdaniels-oscar?fromrss=1 |