Hattie: The Life of Hattie McDaniel

Type

Book

Authors

Carlton Jackson

ISBN 10

0819172952

ISBN 13

9780313232886

Tags

Actors & Entertainers, African-American Actors, Biography - Hattie McDaniel (1895-1952), Gone With the Wind, Television Performers

Description

Hattie McDaniel was the first black to ever win an Oscar. She was also the first black woman to ever sing on American radio. In this fresh assessment of her life and career, Carlton Jackson tells the inside story of her working relationships, her personal life, and the many obstacles she faced as a black performer in the white world of show business during the first half of the twentieth century. - from Amzon

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