Hattie: The Life of Hattie McDaniel: The Life of Hattie McDanielHattie 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. |
Contents
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I Did My Best and God Did the Rest | 33 |
Life After Gone With the Wind | 55 |
The War Years 19411945 | 73 |
The Crusade Against Mammyism | 95 |
Somebody Bawl for Beulah? | 121 |
Ive Played Everything But a Harp | 143 |
Chronology | 167 |
Filmography | 171 |
Radio Appearances | 175 |
Favorite Recipes | 177 |
Dances | 181 |
Source Notes | 185 |
Bibliography | 205 |
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