First african american actor to win an academy award: 59 Photos
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Trailblazer Sidney Poitier becomes the first Black actor to win Best Actor at the 36th Academy Awards for his performance as Homer Smith in 'Lilies of the Field.
Hattie McDaniel was the first African American to win an Academy Award, in 1940.
23 performances. And in the 96-year history of the Academy Awards, whose first Black winner, Hattie McDaniel, had to face the indignity of sitting in the back of the room at a segregated table in 1939, that is progress. In the history of the Academy Awards, only 23 performances by Black actors or actresses have won Oscars.);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(GbjFZoDJN4e_0PEPxbGy2AQ__40,
Halle Berry. Halle Berry (born August 14, 1966, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.) is an American film actress, the first African American to win the Academy Award for best actress. She received the honour for her nuanced portrayal of Leticia Musgrove, a down-on-her-luck character in Monster's Ball (2001).);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(GbjFZoDJN4e_0PEPxbGy2AQ__47,
After McDaniel, Poitier was the second black actor to win an Academy Award. Louis Gossett Jr who played the role of the drill sergeant in the film “An officer and a Gentleman” won Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards for his portrayal.
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