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1940
Hattie McDaniel ~ On this day, Hattie McDaniel known for her supporting roles became the first African American to win the Oscar Award for her role as ‘Mammy’in the movie ‘Gone With The Wind’. Not only was she the first African American to receive this award, but the was the only African American woman to have received it until Whoopi Goldberg received the same award for her role in the movie ‘Ghost’ in 1991
