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.

Question: Who's speech?
Self-contained rewrite: Who's speech revived interest in the whereabouts of McDaniel's plaque?