Oscar Minority Winners
In 2016, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences failed for a second consecutive year to nominate any African-American actors in the major acting categories, prompting director Spike Lee and actor Jada Pinkett Smith to call for a boycott of the 2016 ceremony. While the Academy has snubbed highly talented minority artists in recent years, Oscar has not always displayed such a lack of diversity, previously honoring a number of deserving minority actors with statues. Take a look at previous winners.
Jennie Wood
1. Hattie McDaniel2. José Ferrer3. Anthony Quinn4. Rita Moreno5. Sidney Poitier6. Sacheen Littlefeather7. Louis Gossett, Jr.8. Whoopi Goldberg9. Mercedes Ruehl10. Cuba Gooding, Jr.11. Benicio del Toro12. Halle Berry & Denzel Washington13. Jamie Foxx & Morgan Freeman14. Forest Whitaker15. Jennifer Hudson16. Javier Bardem17. Penelope Cruz18. Mo'Nique19. Octavia Spencer20. Lupita Nyong'o
- Hattie McDaniel
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Gone with the Wind, 1939
- Hattie McDaniel became the first African-American to win an Academy Award. She was also the first African-American to be nominated in an acting category. On the night she won, McDaniel and her escort were seated at a segregated table for two, away from her fellow Gone with the Wind cast members. Two months earlier, McDaniel wasn't allowed to attend the premiere of Gone with the Wind in Atlanta, GA due to Georgia's segregationist laws. Winning an Oscar at that time was an extraordinary achievement.
- Photo source: AP Photo
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