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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_black_AcademyList of black Academy Award winners and nominees - Wikipedia

    Hattie McDaniel was the first African American to win an Academy Award, in 1940. This list of Black Academy Award winners and nominees is fully current as the 95th Academy Awards , which was held on March 12, 2023.

    Year
    Name
    Film
    Role
    2023
    Jeffrey Wright
    American Fiction
    Thelonious "Monk" Ellison
    2023
    Colman Domingo
    Rustin
    Bayard Rustin
    2021
    Denzel Washington
    The Tragedy of Macbeth
    Lord Macbeth
    2021
    Will Smith
    King Richard
    Richard Williams

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  3. www.biography.com › actors › sidney-poitierSidney Poitier - Oscar, Movies & Death - Biography

    Apr 3, 2014 · Hollywood icon Sidney Poitier was the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, receiving the honor in 1964 for his performance in 'Lilies of the Field.'

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sidney_PoitierSidney Poitier - Wikipedia

    He was an influential African-American actor and highly viewed as such as he became the first Black male actor to be nominated (1958) for an Academy Award (following the nominations of actresses Hattie McDaniel in 1940 and Dorothy Dandridge in 1954) and the first Black male actor to win the award.

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  6. www.britannica.com › biography › Sidney-PoitierSidney Poitier | Biography, Movies, & Facts | Britannica

    Sep 12, 2024 · Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian American actor, director, and producer who broke the color barrier in the U.S. motion-picture industry by becoming the first African American actor to win an Academy Award for best actor (for Lilies of the Field [1963]) and the first Black movie star.

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  7. www.history.com › this-day-in-history › sidneySidney Poitier becomes first African American to win Best ...

    Nov 13, 2009 · On April 13, 1964, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his role as a construction worker who helps build a chapel in Lilies of the...

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  8. www.biography.com › actors › sidney-poitier-black10 Black Actors and Actresses Who've Won Oscars - Biography

    Jan 29, 2021 · Born into slavery, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American ever to win an Oscar. Portraying an enslaved worker Mammy in David O. Selznick's Gone with the Wind, McDaniel was forced...

  9. achievement.org › achiever › sidney-poitierSidney Poitier - Academy of Achievement

    Jan 7, 2022 · Poitier was the first African-American to win a Best Actor Academy Award, receive an award at a top international film festival (Venice Film Festival), and be the top-grossing movie star in the United States.