HATTIE McDANIEL 1895 – 1952 ______________________________________ “Why should I complain about making seven hundred dollars a week playing a maid? If I didn’t, I’d be making seven dollars a week actually being one” By Dale Ricardo Shields All Rights Reserved – iforcolor.org Give Hattie McDaniel an Oscar; Support the replacement of her plaque Petition …
The Whitman Sisters “The Whitman Sisters were the highest paid act on the Negro Vaudeville Circuit, Theater Owner Booking Association (Toby), and one of the longest surviving touring companies (1899-1942). The group was considered the greatest incubator of dancing talent for Negro shows on or off Toby, and significantly contributed to American theater …
