Hattie McDaniel broke barriers in Hollywood and became the first Black performer to win an Academy Award. Learn more about her rise to fame and see her in GONE WITH THE WIND ('39) on the Classics Curated by TCM Hub on #HBOMax. #31DaysOfOscar | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

Hattie McDaniel in 1939's epic Civil War drama, 'Gone With the Wind.' McDaniel, who received a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her performance, made history at the 12th Academy Awards by becoming the first African American to be nominated and to win an Oscar. | The Academy

Hattie McDaniel, the first black Oscar-winner, could be getting a biopic. | HuffPost Black Voices

Hattie McDaniel's Oscar win helped change the course of Hollywood forever. | ATTN:

Hattie McDaniel was an actress and comedian most known for her role of "Mammy" in Gone With The Wind (1939). For this performance, she would become the first African American to ever win an Oscar. However, the 1940 Academy Awards were held at Cocoanut Grove, a hotel with a strict 'no-blacks" policy. McDaniel was instructed to sit at a small table set against a far wall, not at the Gone With the Wind table — where Producer David O. Selznick sat with Olivia de Havilland and his two Oscar-nominated