Today is Oscar Night.

There are two Black Actresses nominated this year:

Viola Davis for Doubt
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Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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Here is a the list for All Black Nominees in the Academy’s History.

Winner Acceptance Speeches:
Hattie McDaniel, Best Supporting Actress – 1939, Gone With The Wind

Sidney Poitier, Best Actor- 1963, Lilies of the Field

Cuba Gooding, Jr., Best Supporting Actor – 1996, Jerry Maguire
Denzel Washington, Best Actor – 2001, Training Day
Halle Berry, Best Actress- 2001, Monster’s Ball
Sidney Poitier Accepting an Honorary Oscar – 2001
Jamie Foxx, Best Actor – 2004, Ray

Morgan Freeman, Best Supporting Actor – 2004, Million Dollar Baby
Forest Whitaker, Best Actor -2006, Last King of Scotland
Jennifer Hudson, Best Supporting Actress- 2006, Dreamgirls

Isaac Hayes, Winning Best Original Song for Shaft -1972

Could not find videos for the Best Supporting Actor Wins of Louis Gossett, Jr – 1982, An Officer and a Gentleman and Denzel Washington – 1989, Glory or Whoopi Goldberg, Best Supporting Actress – 1990, Ghost.

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