Episodes: Season 2, Episode 1

About the Episode

"Mammy" is only one role of many that made up Hattie McDaniel's multi-faceted career. She was also a singer, a songwriter, a stage and vaudeville veteran, a comedian, and a radio personality. In this episode, we follow her journey from Denver, Colorado to Hollywood.

 

The Sources

  • 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

The 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

*Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research

The Music

  • 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

The Team

All episodes are written, produced, and edited by Diana Martinez. All artwork for the show was designed by Shelby Moring. Special thanks to Dr. Anna Carroll and Dr. Hannah Godwin for input on this episode.