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Hattielife of Hattie McDaniel
Author(s): Carlton Jackson (Author)
- Publisher: University Press of America
- Publication Date: 28 Sept. 1989
- Language: English
- Print length: 220 pages
- ISBN-10: 0819172952
- ISBN-13: 9780313232886
Book 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.
Editorial Reviews
From the Author
how proud I am to be the author of this book.
I believe that, of all the books I’ve written, co-authored, or edited, this is the most satisfying—certainly the most sentimental. Hattie was a wonderful person. She was the first Afro-American to win an academy award. She donated her Oscar to Howard University, and, as far as I can tell, it was lost in the civil rights disruptions of the l960s. I am trying to find out where her Oscar is. … Hattie was a natural reformer as seen through her later movies and especially the radio program “Beulah.” She was a member of Sigma Gamma Rho.
I believe that, of all the books I’ve written, co-authored, or edited, this is the most satisfying—certainly the most sentimental. Hattie was a wonderful person. She was the first Afro-American to win an academy award. She donated her Oscar to Howard University, and, as far as I can tell, it was lost in the civil rights disruptions of the l960s. I am trying to find out where her Oscar is. … Hattie was a natural reformer as seen through her later movies and especially the radio program “Beulah.” She was a member of Sigma Gamma Rho.
