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AnswerHattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Mammy in 'Gone with the Wind' (1939)

Sidney Poitier was first to win a Best Actor Oscar for the movie 'Lilies of the Field' (1963)

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Was Dorothy Dandridge the first African American to win an Oscar?

No, Halle Berry was the first African-American to win the Best Actress award. She won for her role as Leticia Musgrove in Monster's Ball (2001).However, Whoopi Goldberg won Best Supporting Actress for playing Oda Mae Brown in Ghost (1990). She had previously been nominated for Best Actress in 1985 for her role as Celie in The Color Purple.And, Hattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress for playing Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939).Dorothy Dandridgewas the first African-American woman to be nominated for Best Actress for her role in Carmen Jones (1954)


Who is the first African American woman to receive a us patent?

George washington is the first presidentand aberham linclon was the 7and i am obama


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Halle Berry is a mix of African American and Caucasian. She has been an actress since 1989. She became the first African American woman as of 2009 to receive a best actress award.


What were DrRebecca Lee Crumpler accomplishments?

Rebecca Lee Crumpler had made a lot of history. Rebecca wasn't an ordinary American physician; she was the first African American female to become a physician in the United States. She was also known for being the first African American woman to receive an M.D degree, and also the only African American woman to graduate from the New England Female Medical College.Rebecca Lee Crumpler's accomplishments was becoming the first African American female to got a medical degree in 1864 and she was the first African American author in 1883.


Was Sidney Poitier the first African-American actor to win an Oscar?

He was the first African-American male. He won Best Actor for Lilies of the Field (1963). Hattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress 24 years before him, for Gone with the Wind (1939).

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Who was the first African American man to receive an 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).


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Who was the first African American to receive a degree from an American college?

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