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This Day in Black History: Oct. 26, 1952

Actress and the first Black Oscar winner Hattie McDaniel dies.

By Britt Middleton

October 26, 2011 / 7:00 AM

Hattie McDaniel, the first Black actress to win an Academy Award, died. She won the top prize for her role as "Mammy" in Gone with the Wind.

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