Hattie McDaniel’s long-lostOscarsaward will finally be replaced by the Academy, decades after it went missing.
Ms. Hattie is coming home!"
“Not so much because of Hattie McDaniel, but because the Oscar really represents black America overall.
Hattie McDaniel’s replacement Oscars statuette.Bettmann Archive/Getty Images; Owen Kolasinski / ©Academy Museum Foundation
It represents the experience of being shut out for such a long time.”
Hattie McDaniel.Kobal/Shutterstock
