She may have been the first African-American to ever win an Oscar but that doesn’t mean that Hattie McDaniel didn’t experience some painful moments along the way. Most notably when she went to pick up her award for Best Supporting Actress for Gone With The Wind in 1940, she had to make her way from the segregated table at the back of the room, where she sat apart from the rest of the cast.
Sunday, 2 March 2014
Most Embarrassing Controversial Oscar Moments Of All Time
Hattie McDaniel & The Segregated Table
She may have been the first African-American to ever win an Oscar but that doesn’t mean that Hattie McDaniel didn’t experience some painful moments along the way. Most notably when she went to pick up her award for Best Supporting Actress for Gone With The Wind in 1940, she had to make her way from the segregated table at the back of the room, where she sat apart from the rest of the cast.
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