Hattie McDaniel broke barriers at the 1940 Oscars, but the Academy Award plaque she left to Howard University mysteriously disappeared.

Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images; Owen Kolasinski/© Academy Museum Foundation. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will bestow a replacement Oscar for ...

"I sincerely hope that I shall always be a credit to my race, and to the motion picture industry." Born in 1895, Hattie was an actress, a singer, a songwriter, and a comedienne. Many of us know her as ...

Hattie McDaniel carved her name into the annals of Hollywood history as a trailblazing performer whose talent and perseverance shattered racial barriers in an era defined by segregation. Born on June ...

For you Oscar watchers at home, NPR follows up on a memorable Academy Award moment, when Hattie McDaniel won best supporting actress in 1939 for her role as Mammy in a little film called Gone With the ...