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  1. Feb. 29: 'Gone With the Wind' Sweeps Oscars 1940

    Wed, 29 Feb 2012

    Win an Oscar Vivien Leigh and Hattie McDaniel are shown in a publicity still 1940. Best Supporting Actress Hattie McDaniel was the first African American Collection/Getty Images) Actress Hattie McDaniel won the Oscar for Best Supporting

  2. Leap Year Politics

    Mon, 27 Feb 2012

    his nickname "Alfalfa" after starting a successful farm known for its alfalfa crop in Oklahoma. Feb. 29, 1940 Hattie McDaniel became the first African-American to win an Academy Award. McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress for her role as

  3. Mammy to Minnie: Black Women Oscar Winners

    Mon, 27 Feb 2012

    Gone With The Wind!" Click through to see how Hattie McDaniel of "Gone with the Wind" and the other black women Oscar winners have fared. Hattie McDaniel Hattie McDaniel made history as the first black woman to win an

  4. 'An Actor and A Gentleman' by Louis Gossett Jr.

    Mon, 24 May 2010

    Florida while his mother was on a shopping trip, he was still considered a Bahamian, thus not an African American. Hattie McDaniel was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award in 1940, for her role as Mammy in "Gone with the Wind

  5. 'Hurt Locker' Conquers 'Avatar' at Oscars

    Sun, 7 Mar 2010

    royal blue dress is because it's the color that Hattie McDaniel wore when she accepted her Oscar," Mo'Nique said Sandra Bullock Reveal Inspirations Backstage "Ms. Hattie McDaniel , I have you all over me," Mo'Nique continued

  6. Top Seven Oscar Long Shots: Marisa Tomei, Anna Paquin and More

    Wed, 3 Mar 2010

    Tomatoes and, ironically, earned him the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor in 2002. Hattie McDaniel In 1939, the segregation of the South kept Hattie McDaniel from attending the Atlanta premiere of " Gone with the Wind ," but it didn't keep

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  1. Renewing Our Faith in Funerals?

    Fri, 12 Oct 2007

    10 million in annual revenue. The cemetery is home to celebrity graves including those of Cecile B. Demille, Hattie McDaniel , John Huston and Rudolph Valentino, and Cassity has even thrown open the gates to show movies to the public at 10

  2. Is Clooney Right About Hollywood's Social Agenda?

    Mon, 6 Mar 2006

    And we talked about civil rights when it wasn't really popular. This academy -- this group of people -- gave Hattie McDaniel an Oscar in 1939 when blacks were still sitting in the backs of theaters. I'm proud to be a part of this academy

  3. It's Not What They Win, It's How They Accept the Oscar

    Mon, 6 Mar 2006

    every once in awhile. It's probably a good thing," Clooney said. "This academy, this group of people gave Hattie [ McDaniel ] an Oscar in 1939 when blacks were still sitting in the backs of theaters." After the ceremony, Clooney said

  4. What Oscar Gold Means for Black Nominees

    Sun, 17 Mar 2002

    how I feel. If Denzel wins, I feel like I won, too." Five black actors have won Oscars for supporting roles: Hattie McDaniel for her role in Gone With the Wind (1940), Louis Gossett Jr. in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Washington

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  1. Whoopi Blasts New York Times

    Mon, 14 Feb 2011

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