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In honor of Black History Month, we\'re saluting African American performers in old time radio comedies. Seven years after she became the first Black performer to win an Oscar, Hattie McDaniel broke another barrier as the first Black woman to headline a national radio series. McDaniel starred as\\xa0Beulah in the comedy series about the titular maid and housekeeper. We\'ll hear her in a pair of\\xa0Beulah episodes (originally aired on CBS on June 27 and June 28, 1950). Plus, she reprises the role in an episode of\\xa0Philco Radio Time with Bing Crosby (originally aired on ABC on January 19, 1949).