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What it’s about:“The Queen of Sugar Hill” is a fictional portrait of Hattie McDaniel ... her role as “Mammy” as furthering racist stereotypes. In her later years, McDaniel successfully ...

Hattie McDaniel was the first Black woman to win an Oscar in 1940 for ‘Best Supporting Actress’ for playing Mammy in ‘Gone With the Wind’ and said she hoped to be a credit to her race.