Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Berkley kụziri na El Centro, California dị ka nwa agbọghọ. Ọ bụ odeakwụkwọ onwe ya na onye mgbasa ozi nye onye na-eme ihe nkiri Hattie McDaniel site na 1936 ruo 1951. A na-ekwu na o nyeere McDaniel aka dee ya
Nkwupụta nnabata Oscars nke 1940. Ọ rụụrụ Ethel Waters ọrụ n'otu ọrụ ahụ. Site na kọlụm ya, "Hollywood in Bronze", ọ bụ "onye mbụ Black Hollywood nyere ikike".