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A memorial to Hattie McDaniel. She played Mammy in "Gone With the Wind" and was the first black performer to win an Oscar. It was her desire to be buried with her fellow white stars in the cemetery but racial segregation laws in 1952 prohibited blacks from being buried in a "white" cemetery. When the new owners took over the cemetery in 1998, the asked to have her re-interred at Hollywood Forever. The family said no but allowed a tribute to be built to her there instead. |