[eddie willers]

Hattie McDaniel, who would win an Oscar for her portrayal of Mammy in the movie, was not invited to either of those strictly-segregated venues.

We will never know since Selznick and Co. never offered to bring her since they "knew" the South was "racist."

[Borges]

When she won her Oscar she had to restrict her acceptance to reading a speech written for her by Selznick.