BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Hattie Mcdaniel & black panther

In 1940, Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American performer to win an Academy Award for her portrayal of a loyal slave governess in Gone With the Wind. And in other film news, Black Panther, has topped the charts - a movie with an African-American cast, showing all boys and girls that anyone can be a superhero.
​"The Ryan Coogler-directed film’s estimated $218 million four-day haul ranks as the biggest February opening weekend ever, the biggest non-sequel debut ever, the top-grossing film by a black director… you get the point...By every metric, Black Panther has already proven itself a box office smash, a critical darling and a bonafide cultural phenomenon."

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