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Hattie McDaniel made home in Colorado before becoming first Black person to be nominated and win Academy Award
Hattie McDaniel was an African-American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. Before she won an Academy Award for Best ...
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Actor Hattie McDaniel's big screen career started in Colorado
Hattie McDaniel, the first Black actor to win an Oscar, started her career path to celebrity stardom in Colorado. Her family moved to Fort Collins in the early 1900s and then to Denver ...
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Hattie McDaniel, the First Black Academy Award Winner, Remembered in SeeHer Story Episode 6
Her work has previously appeared in USA Today and Washington Life Magazine. Hattie McDaniel pushed boundaries for the Black community in film, becoming the first Black person to ever win an ...
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Honoring Black History: Hattie McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Gone With The Wind in 1939. There would not be another Black woman to win in this category until Whoopi ...
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Tribute to actress and Wichita native: Hattie McDaniel
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — In 1940, Wichita native Hattie McDaniel became the first Black performer to win an Oscar. This weekend, a Wichita event, Hattie McDaniel Day, recognized her work to change ...
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Cynthia Erivo's Custom Louis Vuitton Oscars Gown Is Inspired by Hattie McDaniel
She also shared the dress was inspired by Hattie McDaniel, the first Black person, and first Black actress, to win an Oscar. The Wicked star is nominated tonight for Best Actress—if she wins ...