In 1940, Hattie McDaniel made history by becoming the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for her role as Mammy in ‘Gone With the Wind’.
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Hattie McDaniel's last wishes were to be buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery and to donate her Oscar to Howard University, a historically Black institution. 🏆
50 years before Goldberg, Hattie McDaniel won her historic Oscar. ❤️
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