First african american actor to win an oscar: 59 Photos
Sidney Poitier, 1st Black man to win best
Hattie McDaniel winning Best Supporting Actress: 12th Oscars (1940)
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Sidney Poitier KBE. Sidney Poitier KBE (/ˈpwɑːtjeɪ/ PWAH-tyay; February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian–American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first Black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(E7XFZv6DPNWUxc8P3vGRIQ__22,
Since the Academy Awards were first handed out in 1929, only 23 Oscars have been awarded to performances given by Black actresses and actors.
Halle Berry. On March 24, 2002, Halle Berry becomes the first Black woman to win the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of a struggling widow who falls in love with her husband's death row executioner in Monster's Ball.);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(E7XFZv6DPNWUxc8P3vGRIQ__29,
Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry (May 30, 1902 – November 19, 1985), better known by the stage name Stepin Fetchit, was an American vaudevillian, comedian, and film actor of Jamaican and Bahamian descent, considered to be the first black actor to have a successful film career.
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.
Watch Sidney Poitiers Historic Speech as Academy Awards photo frames
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