Academy to Replace the Oscar for ‘Gone With the Wind’ Star Hattie McDaniel, 60 Years After It Went Missing

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Hattie McDaniel replacement Oscar will be gifted to Howard University by the Academy Museum.

to Howard University’s Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts during a ceremony titled “Hattie’s Come Home” in Washington D.C. on Oct. 1.

strategy, will present the prize to the university. In addition, Stewart will also host a conversation with Rashad, Howard professors Greg Carr, associate professor of Africana Studies and chair of the department of Afro-American Studies, and Khalid Long, associate professor of theater arts at Howard, along with Thea Combs, director of curatorial affairs at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and Kevin John Goff, filmmaker and McDaniels’ great-grandnephew.

Rashad added, “I am overjoyed that this Academy Award is returning to what is now the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University. This immense piece of history will be back in the College of Fine Arts for our students to draw inspiration from. Ms. Hattie is coming home!”

 

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