On the eve of America’s 250th birthday, we’re still stubbornly in denial about our youth’s sins, writes rural researcher ...

Part of the backbone of her story is the historical fact of the Sugar Hill neighborhood of Los Angeles — where wealthy Black people had homes (including “Gone With the Wind” Oscar winner Hattie ...

Everyone involved in Scarlett knew the risks—a follow-up to Gone With the Wind was inevitably going to be harshly critiqued. But the heirs to the Mitchell estate had good reason for attempting it.

After staging a mud-wrestling exhibition last year, she mounted a more pointedly hostile show on Sunday: a salon themed around “Gone With the Wind.” ...

Bettmann Archive/Getty Hattie McDaniel made history in 1940 when she was named Best Supporting Actress for her role in 1939's Gone With the Wind, becoming the first-ever Black actor to win an Oscar.

"Gone with the Wind," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939 The film received 13 nominations, as well as one special Oscar and one Sci/Tech Award. Actor Fay Bainter, right, appears with actor Hattie McDaniel.

Few films were discussed as often as Gone With the Wind back in the day, and the film won 10 Oscars in 1940. Among the winners was Hattie McDaniel, who became the first Black woman ever to win an ...

Hattie McDaniel, the first Black Oscar winner, started her career in Colorado. She's known for "Gone With the Wind," but her contributions went far beyond that.

The very first Black winner for an acting Academy Award, Hattie McDaniel won it for Best Supporting Actress with her portrayal of Mammy in Gone With the Wind.

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

Hattie McDaniel made history by becoming the first African American to win an Oscar for her supporting role as Mammy—Scarlett O’Hara’s house slave—in the 1939 movie “Gone with the Wind.” ...