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Hattie McDaniel is perhaps bestknown for her performance as Mammy, the sassyfoil to Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind, one of Hollywood's most revered -- and controversial -- films. McDaniel's Oscar win raised hopes that theentertainment industry was finally ready to createmore respectful, multidimensional roles for blacks.But under the aegis of studio heads eager to pleaseSoutherners, screenwriters kept churning out rolesthat denigrated t...

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A magnificently researched, dramatically told work of narrative nonfiction about the history, evolution, impact, and ultimate demise of what was known in the 1930s and 1940s as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Black Cabinet.

Although now enshrined as a comedic institution, for virtually her entire career West's writing, singing, personality, acting and looks were belittled by critics though she kept marching confidently forward. Watts offers outstanding, clear-eyed analysis of West's career, and how censorship affected her work. 29 photos.

An uncompromising look at the pervasive racism in Hollywood as seen through the life and times of the highly regarded yet always controversial actress Hattie McDaniel, the first African American actress to win an Academy Award (for her role in Gone With the Wind)