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First movie directed by a black person
The poster of "The Gunsaulys Mystery" features Oscar Micheaux who was the writer and director of the film, he is regarded as the first major African-American filmmaker, the film belongs to a genre called race films which were produced for all-black audiences -
Release of popular films with black casts
Horne stayed and made two watershed Black cast films in 1943, "Cabin in the Sky" for MGM, and "Storny Weather" for 20th Century Fox -
Dorothy Dandridge 1st black woman nominated for Best Actress Oscar
She was the first African-American film star to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, which was for her performance in Carmen Jones. Dandridge had also performed as a vocalist in venues such as the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater. -
Sidney Poitier 1" Black man to win an Oscar
Sidney Poitier was an influential African-American actor and highly viewed as such as he became the first Black actor to be nominated for an Academy Award and the first Black male actor to win the award -
First black woman lead in a IV series
The actress Nichelle Nichols, who was the first African-American woman to play a lead role on television She play the Officer Lieutenant Uhua on the popular science-fiction television show "Star Trek" -
Diahann Caroll
She starred as the title role in Julia, for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star - Female. The series was the first on American television to star a black woman in a non-stereotypical role -
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No more money spent on black movies
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Youngest African-American male actor to win an Academy Award
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Hattie McDaniel is the first African-American to win an Award
Hattie McDaniel (1895 -
1952) was an American actress, singer, and comedienne. For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first African American to win an Oscar. -
Halle Berry 1* Black woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress
On 2002, Halle Berry becomes the first Black woman to win the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of a struggling widow who falls in love with her husband's death row executioner in Monster's Ball. -
Denzel Washington 1" African-American actor to receive a nomination for their performance in a Shakespeare adaptation
Denzel Washington nominated for Oscar for his role in The Tragedy of Macbeth. He has the most nominations for an African-American actor: Best Actor (7 nominations) and Best Supporting Actor (2 nominations)
