Hattie McDaniel: The Beginning

Hollywood in Color

All episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode:

Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood (book) by Jill Watts

Hattie: The Life of Hattie McDaniel (book) by Carlton Jackson

Hattie McDaniel and the Culture of Dissemblance (article) by Victoria Sturtevant

African American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility, 1900-1960 (book) by Charlene B. Regester

Clinging to Mammy: The Faithful Slave in 20th Century America (book) by Micki McElya

This Is Not Dixie: Racist Violence in Kansas, 1861-1927 (book) by Brent M.S. Campney

Music used in this episode (listed in order heard):

Theme song (intro and outro): Hombre (Instrumental) by Kevin J. Simon (marmosetmusic.com)

Danse Morialta by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Ave Marimba by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Small Daffs by Axletree (freemusicarchive.org) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

Hyperfun by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Ave Marimba by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Nostalgic Piano by Rafael Krux (freepd.com) — Public domain

Impromptu in Quarter Comma Meantone by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Cheap Arp Guitar by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Media Cited:

Gone with the Wind (1939) dir. Victor Fleming

Hattie McDaniel Arrives at the Coconut Grove (2004) by Rita Dove

I Wish I Had Somebody (1926) by Hattie McDaniel

Boo Hoo Blues (1926) by Hattie McDaniel

Any Kind of Man Would Be Better Than You (1929) by Hattie McDaniel

That New Love Maker of Mine (1929) by Hattie McDaniel

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