Hattie McDaniel won the 1939 Best Supporting Actress award for her performance as Mammy in "Gone with the Wind." She was the only African-American to win a competitive Oscar until Sidney Poitier won the 1963 Best Actor award for "Lilies of the Field."
Oscar Hijuelos was the first Hispanic American author to win the Pulitzer Prize.
he was the first afro-African American to win a Oscar and one of the best actors of all times
Sidney Poitier.
Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Gone with the Wind (1939). The first Grammy awards were presented in 1959.
Hattie McDonald for her part in Gone with the Wind . She won in 1940.
Almost all of the Oscar-winners are Americans.
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Oscar Hijuelos was the first Hispanic American author to win the Pulitzer Prize.
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."
Halle Berry won her first Oscar for her role as Leticia Musgrove. Not only was this Berry's first oscar but it was also the first oscar won by an African American Women.
he was the first afro-African American to win a Oscar and one of the best actors of all times
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.
1940 - Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American win an Oscar. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, and she won for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939).
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No, Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American win an Oscar. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, and she won for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939).
First African American to win an oscar.She was the first black performer to win an Academy Award. She won the 1939 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind."
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