Josephine Baker Was A Freedom Fighter: Black History Facts We Bet You Didn’t Know

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Hattie McDaniel Was The First African American To Win An Oscar

She won the Oscar in 1952 for her role in Gone With The Wind. But she wasn’t allowed to attend the national premier of the movie because she was black.

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