Hattie McDaniel won the 1939 Best Supporting Actress award for her performance as Mammy in "Gone with the Wind."
Alfred Oscar Coffin was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in a field of the biological sciences.
In 1928 African American voters in Chicago helped elect Oscar Depriest. He was the first African American representative to congress from a northern state.
Hattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress for Gone with the Wind (1939).
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Sergeant William Carney was the first African-American to receive the Medal of Honor
No, Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American win an Oscar. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, and she won for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939).
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).
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Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American to win an Academy Award. She won the 1939 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind." Twenty-four years later, Sidney Poitier became the first black man to win an Oscar. He won the Best Actor award for his performance as handyman Homer Smith in "Lilies of the Field."
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Isaac Hayes was the first African American to win the Oscar for Best Song. He won for writing the "Theme from Shaft" in 1971.
Sarah Goode was the first African American women to receive a U.S. patent. She received it in 1885 for a bed that folded up into a desk.