Split amongst the Best Lead Actor, Best Lead Actress ... The very first Black winner for an acting Academy Award, Hattie McDaniel won it for Best Supporting Actress with her portrayal of Mammy ...

Can you discuss the best black actors of all time without mentioning Sidney Poitier? It is only natural that the first Bahamian and black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor is included ...

Eagerly anticipating this Sunday's 82nd Annual Academy Awards ... all nominated for awards this year. Since Sidney Poitier's monumental Oscar win in 1963, a first for a Black actor in a lead ...

The late singer and actor has been cited as the ... The Motown legend became the second Black man to win Best Original Song (at the 57th Academy Awards). Before winning the Oscar, Wonder won ...

The nearly 100-year history of the Academy Award for best actor tells the story of the movies themselves. From performers playing towering real-life figures to those depicting the struggles of the ...