Isaac Hayes won an Oscar for Original Song for "Theme from Shaft" from Shaft (1971).
No. Alan Silvestri is an American Academy Award nominated film score composer.
Thomas Newman.
Hattie McDaniel was the first African American to win the Academy Award for best-supporting actress in Gone With The Wind (1939)
John Barry, A five time Academy Award-winning composer died at the age of 77.
Jennifer Hudson
Emil Jannings was honored with the 1927-28 Best Actor award for his performances in "The Way of All Flesh" and "The Last Command."
Academy Award for Best Actress: Halle Berry
The Oscar
James Baskett was the first African-American man to receive an academy award. He was given an Honorary Academy Award for his portrayal of Uncle Remus in Song of the South(1946)Sidney Poitier was the first African American man to win an academy award. He was nominated for the Best Actor award, and he won for his role in Lilies of the Field(1963).Louis Gossett, Jr. was the first African-American to win the Best Supporting Actor award. He won for his role in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982).
Academy Award was created in 1929.
Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American performer to win an Academy Award. She won the Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind" (1939).
Hattie McDaniel