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On March 20, 1948, James Baskett received an honorary Academy Award for "for his able and heart-warming characterization of Uncle Remus" in the Walt Disney musical "Song of the South." Baskett thus became the first African-American male to receive a non-competitive Academy Award. He died four months after receiving the award.

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He won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Affliction(1998).

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