The Immortal Hattie McDaniel

Authors

Sherri L. Burr, University of New Mexico - School of LawFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

2-2006

Abstract

This speech focuses on McDaniel's career in a time of limited screen roles for African-Americans and her humanitarian endeavors. It was given at the U.S. Post Office unveiling of the 2006 Black Heritage postage stamp honoring McDaniel, the first African-American to win an Academy Award acting award. McDaniel won for portraying Mammy in the 1939 film "Gone with the Wind."

Publisher

Unpublished

Recommended Citation

Sherri L. Burr, The Immortal Hattie McDaniel, (2006).
Available at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/law_facultyscholarship/721

Comments

Professor Sherri Burr won first place for this speech.