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  2. List of black Academy Award winners and nominees - Wikipedia

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    Second African-American actor to receive the award for Best Actor. First time two African-American performers won Oscars in the same year (Halle Berry, Monster's Ball). First African-American actor to win multiple competitive Academy Awards. First and only African-American actor to win Academy Awards in both acting categories (lead and supporting).

  3. List of actors with two or more Academy Awards in acting ...

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    Throughout the history of the Academy Awards, there have been actors and actresses who have received multiple Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, or Best Supporting Actress. [1] The only restriction is that actors cannot receive multiple nominations for the same performance. [2]

  4. List of African Academy Award winners and nominees

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    Best International Feature Film: Year Country Film Director Status Milestone / Notes 1969: Z: Costa-Gavras: Won First African film to win an Academy Award. 1976: Black and White in Color: Jean-Jacques Annaud: Won 1983: Le Bal: Ettore Scola: Nominated 1995: Dust of Life: Rachid Bouchareb: Nominated 2004: Yesterday: Darrell Roodt: Nominated 2005 ...

  5. Black actors make history with Oscar nominations - AOL

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    Colman Domingo, Jeffrey Wright, and more earned nominations this year for their work in various films. The 96th Annual Academy […] The post Black actors make history with Oscar nominations ...

  6. The Biggest Moments of the 2025 Oscars - AOL

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    Sean Baker accepts the award for Best Picture for Anora during the 97th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, California on March 2, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon—AFP/Getty Images

  7. Top 40 Black celebrities and what made them famous - AOL

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    An activist, director, actor and Emmy-award-winning executive producer, Washington was the first Black woman to lead a network television series since 1974. Ava DuVernay

  8. Sidney Poitier - Wikipedia

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    Sidney Poitier (/ ˈ p w ɑː t j eɪ / PWAH-tyay; [1] February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. [2]

  9. Sidney Poitier, first Black actor to win best actor Academy ...

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    The 2014 Academy Awards ceremony marked the 50th anniversary of Poitier's historic Oscar and he was there to present the award for best director. (Reporting by Katharine Jackson; Editing by Doina ...