Hattie Mcdaniel
Sidney Poitier was the first black man to win a competitive Academy Award. He received the 1963 Best Actor Oscar for his performance in "Lilies of the Field."
Oscar Dunn was the first black lieutenant governor.
Oscar Robertson.
Oscar Robertson
Hattie McDaniel was the first black performer to win an Oscar for her work as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind" (1939). She was presented the Best Supporting Actress award.
Irene Cara is the first black woman to win an Oscar since 1940. She won the Oscar for Best Original Song for "Flashdance (What A Feeling)" from Flashdance (1983). She shares the award with composer Giorgio Moroder and co-lyricist Keith Forsey. She is also the first (and only) black woman to win an Oscar outside of the acting categories.Whoopi Goldberg was the first black woman to win an Oscar since 1940 for acting. She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Ghost (1990). She is also the first black actress to receive two acting nominations, having previously been nominated for Best Actress for The Color Purple (1985)
The reason oscar dunn is so famous is because he was the very first black lieutenant
Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Gone with the Wind (1939). The first Grammy awards were presented in 1959.
John Singleton was the first black director nominated for an Oscar for Best Director. He was nominated for the movie Boyz n the Hood in 1991. He was also the youngest director ever nominated, at age 23.
The first black actor to win a competitive Academy Award was Sidney Poitier, who won the 1963 Best Actor Oscar for "Lilies of the Field." The first black man to receive an Oscar was James Baskett, who was presented an honorary award on March 20, 1948 for his performance as Uncle Remus in Walt Disney's "Song of the South.
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Sidney Poitier was the first black man to win a competitive Academy Award. He received the 1963 Best Actor Oscar for his performance in "Lilies of the Field."