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W. Burlette Carter, "Finding the Oscar." 55 How. L. J. 107 (2011)
Hattie McDaniel’s Oscar is missing! In 1940, McDaniel became the first African American to be awarded an Oscar for her role as Mammy in “Gone with the Wind.” At her death in 1952, she willed the Oscar to Howard University. The university didn’t receive the Oscar until about 1961 and then only by dumb luck and a devoted donor. Today, it’s missing again.
Professor W. Burlette Carter provides a juicy chronicle of the McDaniel Oscar saga that makes for an enjoyable read. While the reader is drawn into a fascinating piece of history and intrigue, Prof. Carter challenges us to consider how families and the legal profession often fail to value and protect “cultural property.”
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