29 February 1940
29 February 1940
Hattie McDaniels Wins An Academy Award
Hattie McDaniels becomes the first African American woman to win an Academy Award for her best supporting actress in the film Gone with the Wind. The film was about the American South during the American civil war of 1861-1865.
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Hattie McDaniels Wins An Academy Award. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011614
South African History Online (2011) 'Hattie McDaniels Wins An Academy Award', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011614 (Accessed: 6 November 2026).
South African History Online, Hattie McDaniels Wins An Academy Award [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011614, (accessed 6 November 2026).
"Hattie McDaniels Wins An Academy Award." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011614. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.
South African History Online. "Hattie McDaniels Wins An Academy Award." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011614.
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