Before Hattie McDaniel won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, she made ...

Hattie McDaniel was an African-American ... for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, she made her home in Colorado. McDaniel was the first Black person to be nominated and then win an Oscar.

And in looking at the plausibility of roles at the time, given the conditions, Hattie McDaniel did the best she could to be a success, as did the rest of Black Hollywood. And she rightfully said ...