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32:(July 1, 1911 – September 24, 2001) was an American activist, blues singer, actress, sportswriter and golfer. She began her career as an actress before venturing into recording in Los Angeles where she released a few singles. Hathaway became known in the 1950s for her activism and golfing. She co-founded the
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which required her to wear a bandanna and sit on a bale of cotton. She then returned to singing in cabaret in Los
Angeles clubs, recording several songs including “Bayou Baby Blues”, “School Girl Blues”, “A Falling Star”, and “When Gabriel Blows His Horn” with
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in 1931 in hopes of playing piano in one of the clubs on
Central Avenue, also known as "Black Broadway". Instead, she began her career in the area working as an extra in Hollywood films, usually as an "Egyptian" or an "exotic." After auditioning for
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In 1960, Hathaway organized the
Minority Association for Golfers (MAG) to support young black golfers by advocating for golf-related employment. In 1963, Hathaway led a picket during the
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at the Long Beach municipal golf course to protest a lack of golf jobs for black professional golfers. She also campaigned for an increase black player participation in PGA tournaments.
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In 1994, Hathaway was inducted into the
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in 1955, she began agitating against local golf courses which restricted black patrons from usage. By 1958, she began writing a golf column in the
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about black professional players. She also wrote a golf column in the
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throughout much of the film; she later worked as Horne's stand-in in
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Maggie
Hathaway speaking at the NAACP Image Awards, Los Angeles, 1978
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American activist, blues singer, actor, sports writer, and golfer
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