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	Podcast:		HISTORY This Week
	Episode:		The Legacy of an Oscar
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:21:36
	Publish Date:		2020-02-10 08:00:00
	Description:		February 11, 1940. Hattie McDaniel becomes the first-ever African American to be nominated for, and then win, an Oscar. Her legacy is complicated. And the Oscar itself has been missing, mysteriously, for almost fifty years. What did it take for McDaniel to win? And, 80 Oscar ceremonies later, how do we understand her legacy today? Thank you to our guest, Professor Emeritus of Law, W. Burlette Carter. You can read her article about searching for the missing Oscar here: https://bit.ly/2OF5cts Thank you also to Hattie McDaniel's biographer, Jill Watts for speaking with us for this episode. To our listeners, thank you for subscribing to History This Week. We want to hear your feedback: https://bit.ly/3a4FGqJ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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