Tag: Hattie McDaniel

• This Day in Pop Culture for February 29

  

  1940: First African American to Win an Oscar Born the youngest of 13 children of former slaves in Wichita, Kansas, Hattie McDaniel began her career as a songwriter and performer with her brother’s minstrel show. From 1920-1925, McDaniel toured with the black ensemble, Professor George Morrison’s Melody Hounds before trying out a radio career which…

  Jeffrey Totey

  March 9, 2020

  This Day in Pop Culture

  DC Comics, February 29, Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel, Superman