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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_black_AcademyList of black Academy Award winners and nominees - Wikipedia

    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.

    Year
    Name
    Film
    Role
    2023
    Jeffrey Wright
    American Fiction
    Thelonious "Monk" Ellison
    2023
    Colman Domingo
    Rustin
    Bayard Rustin
    2021
    Denzel Washington
    The Tragedy of Macbeth
    Lord Macbeth
    2021
    Will Smith
    King Richard
    Richard Williams

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Hattie_McDanielHattie McDaniel - Wikipedia

    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 ...

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  4. www.theroot.com › every-black-actress-to-win-anEvery Black Actress to Win an Oscar - The Root

    • Stephanie Holland
    • 1939 - Hattie McDaniel - Best Supporting Actress - Gone with the Wind. The literal definition of a trailblazer, Hattie McDaniel is the first Black person to ever win or be nominated for an Academy Award.
    • 1990 - Whoopi Goldberg - Best Supporting Actress - Ghost. Fifty years after Hattie McDaniel, another Black woman finally won an Oscar. It’s important to note that within that time women like Juanita Moore, Alfre Woodard and Oprah Winfrey were all nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
    • 2001 - Halle Berry - Best Actress - Monster’s Ball. Dorothy Dandridge, Diahann Carroll and Angela Bassett are just some of the legends nominated for Best Actress before Halle Berry won for Monster’s Ball.
    • 2006 - Jennifer Hudson - Best Supporting Actress - Dreamgirls. If you saw Jennifer Hudson on American Idol, you were not at all surprised at her vocals in Dreamgirls.

  5. www.history.com › this-day-in-history › mcdanielHattie McDaniel becomes first African American actress to win ...

    Nov 24, 2009 · Hattie McDaniel becomes first African American actress to win Oscar. On February 29, 1940, Gone with the Wind is honored with eight Oscars by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and ...

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  7. www.biography.com › actors › hattie-mcdanielHattie McDaniel - Death, Oscar & Facts - Biography

    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 ...

  8. ew.com › oscars › 2018/02/22The complicated legacy of Hattie McDaniel, first Black Oscar ...

    Feb 22, 2018 · 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 award ...

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  10. www.washingtonpost.com › history › 2022/03/27Hattie McDaniel was first Black Oscar winner for ‘Gone With ...

    Mar 27, 2022 · Hattie McDaniel was the first Black Oscar winner. It didn’t help her career. Hattie McDaniel, left, won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her work as Mammy in the 1939 film ...

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