(KSNW) — In 1940, Wichita native Hattie ... movies and shows from 1930 to 1952. On Saturday, the Kansas African American Museum and Tallgrass Film Association held a poem reading at the Hattie ...

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Hattie McDaniel ... becoming the first Black actor to win an Academy Award. McDaniel went on to star in hundreds of movies after, but still experienced racism along the way.