In the Oscar-nominated film "Nickel Boys," the warm embrace from Hattie (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor) radiates from the screen, ...

Grand Rapids Public Schools renamed a teaching academy for the district's first Black teacher, Hattie Beverly, who taught ...

Before Hattie McDaniel won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, she made her home in Colorado.

Young men in the Pensacola community have a new opportunity for mentorship and skill-building through a program called "A ...

Hattie McDaniel made history by being the first Black actor to win an Academy Award in 1940 for her role in "Gone with the ...

An Atlanta-area woman has pressed authorities for more details on her grandmother Hattie DeBardelaben's 1945 death at the hands of police and federal officers for years. In late 2024, the unsanitized ...

She made history by becoming the first Black woman DJ in the city and was one of the few Black women in radio in the 1950s ...

The Grand Rapids Public Schools have renamed a school in honor of the district's first African-American teacher.

Walton (age 91) passed away on 2, 2025. At Lexington Court Nursing Home where she had been a resident for the past two years. Joretta was born in Newville, West Virginia on November 29, 1933 to ...