By C. T. Smith Born to formerly enslaved parents, Henry McDaniel, a WWI veteran; and Susan Hobart, a travelling gospel singer; Samuel Rufus McDaniel was one of thirteen children. All of the McDaniel children were talented. Samuel’s younger sister, Hattie, was the first African-American woman to win an Academy Award. Etta McDaniel was a famous […]
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