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  1. Harriet Tubman. Nominated. First Black British actress to be nominated. Second Black woman to receive multiple Oscar nominations in the same year. Third person nominated for an acting award and a music award (Best Original Song) in the same year. First Nigerian to receive an Academy Award nomination.

  2. Feb 27, 2016 · Willie D. Burton. 1989 and 2007. Courtesy of The Oscars/YouTube. Willie D. Burton became first black person to win best sound in 1989. In 2007, he won again, for best sound mixing. He won his ...

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  3. Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 – October 26, 1952) was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedienne. For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939), she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first African American to win an Oscar. She has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was inducted into the ...

  4. McDaniel Becomes The First African American Oscar Winner. Footage of McDaniel winning her Oscar. Dressed in a beautiful turquoise gown emblazoned with rhinestone and white gardenias in her hair, Hattie McDaniel accepted her Oscar. The historic win made her the first African American actor ever to receive the prestigious award.

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  6. Feb 22, 2018 · By. Devan Coggan. Updated on September 26, 2023 01:15PM EDT. In 2018, EW profiled Gone With the Wind star Hattie McDaniel, who made history as the first Black actor to win an Oscar. McDaniel's ...

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  7. Jan 19, 2007 · Hattie McDaniel (1895-1952) Hattie McDaniel is best known as the first black Oscar winner. She won the award on February 29, 1940, for Best Supporting Actress for her role as “Mammy” in Gone With the Wind. McDaniel’s career began three decades earlier. She gave her first public performances as a grade school student in Denver, Colorado.

  8. Apr 2, 2014 · Hattie McDaniel was the first Black performer to win an Academy Award, earning the best supporting actress prize for her role as Mammy in the epic Gone With the Wind (1939). All of Gone With the ...

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