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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

Omaha Steve

(99,582 posts) Wed Mar 2, 2016, 09:22 PM Mar 2016

2-29-16 A Shameful Past in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/february-29-2016-a-shameful-past/

February 29, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 1940. That was the day that Screen Actors Guild union member Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Oscar. She won Best Supporting Actress for the role of Mammy in the classic movie Gone With the Wind.

2:00 minute audio at link.

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2-29-16 A Shameful Past in 2:00 (Original Post) Omaha Steve Mar 2016 OP

I cry every time I listen to her speech. Thank you, Omaha Steve. merrily Mar 2016 #1

merrily

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1. I cry every time I listen to her speech. Thank you, Omaha Steve.

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Wed Mar 2, 2016, 09:23 PM

Mar 2016

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