The first Oscar awarded to a Black person, Hattie McDaniel for Gone With the Wind, went missing from Howard University in the 1960s after her death.

Actress Hattie McDaniel won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as "Mammy" in "Gone with the Wind" on this day in history, February 29, 1940.

On Tuesday, the group announced their plans to issue a replacement of the trophy that McDaniel won for Best Supporting Actress at the 1940 Academy Awards, for her performance in Gone with the Wind.

The Motion Picture Academy saluted Hattie McDaniel with a new Oscar presented to Howard University, decades after her original award went missing.

Hattie McDaniel tries to console Vivien Leigh in a scene from "Gone With the Wind" (Credit: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Getty Images) The screenwriters working on “Gone With the Wind” went to “war ...

As we approach the 95th Academy Awards, ABC7's FACEism series shares the story of "Gone with the Wind" actress Hattie McDaniel.

Hattie McDaniel holds the Academy Award she received for best supporting actress for her role in 1939’s “Gone With the Wind.” The statue went missing and will be replaced next month in a ...

The Movie Academy of Motion Picture Arts will gift a replacement of Hattie McDaniel’s long-missing Oscar for Gone with the Wind to Howard University Chadwick.

Hattie McDaniel 's historic Oscar is being replaced by the Academy. On Tuesday, the group announced their plans to issue a replacement of the trophy that McDaniel won for Best Supporting Actress at ...

A replacement for 'Gone with the Wind' star Hattie McDaniel's missing Oscar trophy will be bestowed upon Howard University during a ceremony on Sunday ...

Hattie McDaniel ("Gone With the Wind") became the first Black actor to win a competitive Oscar, but her statue went missing 60 years ago.

Hattie McDaniel holds the Academy Award she received for best supporting actress for her role in 1939’s “Gone With the Wind.” The statue went missing and will be replaced next month in a ...