Her work has previously appeared in USA Today and Washington Life Magazine. Hattie McDaniel pushed boundaries for the Black community in film, becoming the first Black person to ever win an ...

Hattie McDaniel, the first Black actor to win an ... her film career as Mom Beck in "The Little Colonel," starring the child actress Shirley Temple. In 1939, she earned the role as Mammy in ...

Hattie McDaniel was an African-American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. Before she won an Academy Award for Best ...