All episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode:


Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood (book) by Jill Watts


Hattie: The Life of Hattie McDaniel (book) by Carlton Jackson


Scarlett, Rhett, and A Cast of Thousands: The filming of Gone with the Wind (book) by Roland Flamini


Memo from David O. Selznick (book) by David O. Selznick


White Robes, Silver Screens: Movies and the Making of the KKK (book) by Tom Rice


Gone with the Wind: Black and White in Technicolor (article) by Ruth Elizabeth Burks


The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan Right-Wing Movements and National Politics by Rory McVeigh


Race and the Cloud of Unknowing in Gone with the Wind (article) by Patricia Yeager


The Black Reaction to Gone with the Wind (article) by JD Stevens


The African American Press' Reception of Gone with the Wind (article) by James Tracy


Music used in this episode (listed in order heard):


Theme song (intro and outro): Hombre (Instrumental) by Kevin J. Simon (marmosetmusic.com)


The Wait by how the night came (freemusicarchive.org) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License


Pepper's Theme (full mix) by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License


Caught the Feeling (Instrumental) by SNVRS (marmosetmusic.com)


Anamalie by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License


Reflection by how the night came (freemusicarchive.org) — Looped — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License


Ghostpocalypse 8 Epilog by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License


Poppers and Prosecco by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License


To Move An Inch by Steve Combs (freemusicarchive.org) — Looped — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License


July by Kai Engel (freemusicarchive.org) — Looped — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License


Danse Morialta by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License


Media Cited:


"Banning Gone with the Wind" September 2017, The View


Interview with Lennie Bluett, "Race and Hollywood," May 2006 by Turner Classic Movies


Gone with the Wind (1939)


Hattie McDaniel Winning Best Supporting Actress (1940)


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