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The first ever Oscar to be awarded to a Black winner went missing over 50 years ago at Howard University in D.C., but that award was replaced on Sunday.
"Gone With the Wind" actress Hattie McDaniel's lost Oscar will be replaced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The first Oscar awarded to a Black person, Hattie McDaniel for Gone With the Wind, went missing from Howard University in the 1960s after her death.
Hattie McDaniel replacement Oscar will be gifted to Howard University by the Academy Museum.
McDaniel's life and legacy will be celebrated in October at a ceremony called, "Hattie’s Come Home," hosted at Howard University.