Film Academy to Replace Hattie McDaniel’s Long-Missing ‘Gone With the Wind’ Oscar. A new statuette will be gifted to Howard University, to which McDaniel bequeathed the plaque she received ...

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.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was the first Oscar ever awarded to a Black actor: The plaque presented to actress Hattie McDaniel in 1940 for her iconic supporting role in the landmark 1939 film “Gone ...

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.

At the 12th Academy Awards, Hattie McDaniel, the daughter of former slaves, became the first African American to win an Oscar. "I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the ...

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 ...

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 the ...

Academy to Replace Hattie McDaniel's 'Historic' Missing Oscar Trophy for Gone with the Wind. McDaniel became the first Black person ever to take home an Oscar at the 12th Academy Awards in 1940 ...

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 ...

Hattie McDaniel made history as the first Black to win an Academy Award. Her Oscar statuette, which has been missing since the late 1960s, will be replaced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts ...