Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kirabhu yepakati yeHarlem Renaissance muma1920, iyo Cotton Club muHarlem, New York City yaive nzvimbo yevarungu chete, neVatema (seDuke Ellington) vaibvumidzwa kuita, asi kune vateereri vachena. Mukugamuchira kukudza kubudirira kwake pa 1936 Summer Olympics, Jesse Owens haana kubvumirwa kupinda napamasuo makuru eWaldorf Astoria New York uye panzvimbo pezvo akamanikidzwa kuenda kumhemberero yacho mune imwe erevheta inotakura zvinhu. Hattie McDaniel, mutambi mutema wokutanga akapiwa mubairo weOscar, haana kubvumirwa kupinda mumutambo wokutanga we"Gone with the Wind" paLoew's Grand Theatre, muAtlanta, nemhaka yemitemo yeGeorgia yokusiyana kwemarudzi, uye pamutambo wacho
12th Academy Awards mhemberero paAmbassador Hotel muLos Angeles aifanira kugara patafura yakaparadzaniswa kumadziro ekupedzisira ekamuri; hotera yaive nehurongwa husina vatema, asi yakabvumidza McDaniel semutsa. Chishuvo chake chokupedzisira chokuvigwa muHollywood Cemetery chakarambwa nokuti guva racho rakanga rakaganhurirwa kuVachena bedzi.