Hattie McDaniel was an American actress, singer, songwriter, comedian and a radio performer. She became the first African-American to win an Academy Award proudly and made her community proud. It was the time of extreme racial discrimination that made the lives of the Black community tough. Born on 10th of June 1893, in Wichita, Kansas, […]

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