Hattie McDaniel, the first Black actor to win an Oscar, started her career path to celebrity stardom in Colorado. Her family moved to Fort Collins in the early 1900s and then to Denver ...

"It is so important that we remember Hattie McDaniel and actors like her, she opened the door." But still, her historic win during the 12th Academy Awards paved the way for the handful of people ...

Erivo’s stylist, Jason Bolden, wrote on Instagram Stories that the dress is meant to be a homage to legendary actress Hattie ... he wrote. McDaniel, of course, was the first Black actor to ...

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 ...