Conversation so far:
What happened to the McDaniel Oscar?
The whereabouts of McDaniel's Oscar are currently unknown.
In 1992, Jet magazine reported that Howard University could not find it.
Why did Howard University have it?
the Oscar was likely returned to Howard University's Channing Pollack Theater Collection between the spring of 1971 and the summer of 1973.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
in her acceptance speech thanked McDaniel "for enduring all that she had to so that I would not have to".
Her speech revived interest in the whereabouts of McDaniel's plaque.
Who's speech?
In 2010, Mo'Nique, the winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, wearing a blue dress and gardenias in her hair, as McDaniel had at the ceremony in 1940.

Question: Have people looked for the lost Oscar?
Self-contained rewrite: Have people looked for the lost Hattie McDaniel Oscar?