Academy to replace Hattie McDaniel’s missing, historic Gone With The Wind Oscar

Hattie McDaniel

Hattie McDaniel is coming home—and so is her Oscar.

In 1940, McDaniel made history by becoming the first Black person awarded an Oscar, winning for her performance as Mammy in Gone With The Wind. McDaniel later bequeathed the plaque (from 1936 to 1942, supporting actors received plaques, not statuettes) to Howard University. At the time, Black colleges were some of the only institutions committed to preserving Black history. Though there is no official record that the Oscar made it to the university, former students recall seeing the plaque in a glass case in the school’s Childers Hall.

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