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Black Actors (Academy Award)
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Gone with the Wind (1939)
Dir. Victor Fleming
Hattie McDaniel
Winner for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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Pinky (1949)
Dir. John Ford and Elia Kazan
Ethel Waters
Nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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Carmen Jones (1954)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Dorothy Dandridge
Nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role
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The Defiant Ones (1958)
Dir. Stanley Kramer
Sidney Poitier
Nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role
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Imitation of Life (1959)
Dir. Douglas Sirk
Juanita Moore
Nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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Lilies of the Field (1963)
Dir. Ralph Nelson
Sidney Poitier
Winner for Best Actor in a Leading Role
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Dir. Stanley Kramer
Beah Richards
Nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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The Reivers (1969)
Dir. Mark Rydell
Rupert Crosse
Nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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The Great White Hope (1970)
Dir. Martin Ritt
James Earl Jones
Nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role
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Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Dir. Sidney J. Furie
Diana Ross
Nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role
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Sounder (1972)
Dir. Martin Ritt
Paul Winfield
Nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Cicely Tyson
Nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role
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Claudine (1974)
Dir. John Berry
Diahann Carroll
Nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role
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Ragtime (1981)
Dir, Milos Forman
Howard E. Rollins Jr.
Nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Dir. Taylor Hackford
Louis Gossett, Jr.
Winner for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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Cross Creek (1983)
Dir. Martin Ritt
Alfre Woodard
Nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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A Soldier Story (1984)
Dir. Norman Jewison
Adolph Caesar
Nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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The Color Purple (1985)
Dir. Steven Spielberg
Whoopi Goldberg
Nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Margaret Avery
Nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Oprah Winfrey
Nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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Cry Freedom (1987)
Dir. Richard Attenborough
Denzel Washington
Nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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Street Smart (1987)
Dir. Jerry Schatzberg
Morgan Freeman
Nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Dir. Bruce Beresford
Morgan Freeman
Nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role
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Glory (1989)
Dir. Edward Zwick
Denzel Washington
Winner for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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Ghost (1990)
Dir. Jerry Zucker
Whoopi Goldberg
Winner for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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Malcolm X (1992)
Dir. Spike Lee
Denzel Washington
Nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role
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What's Love Got to Do with It? (1993)
Dir. Brian Gibson
Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne
Nominated for Best Actress and Actor for a Leading Role
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Dir. Frank Darabont
Morgan Freeman
Nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role
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Pulp Fiction (1994)
Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Samuel L. Jackson
Nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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Secrets & Lies (1996)
Dir. Mike Leigh
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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Jerry Maguire (1996)
Dir. Cameron Crowe
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Winner for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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The Hurricane (1999)
Di. Norman Jewison
Denzel Washington
Nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role
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The Green Mile (1999)
Dir. Frank Darabont
Michael Clark Duncan
Nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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Chicago (2000)
Dir. Rob Marshall
Queen Latifah
Nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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Monster's Ball (2001)
Dir. Marc Foster
Halle Berry
Winner for Best Actress in a Leading Role
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Training Day (2001)
Dir. Antoine Fuqua
Denzel Washington
Winner for Best Actor in a Leading Role
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Ali (2001)
Dir. Michael Mann
Will Smith
Nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role
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In America (2002)
Dir. Jim Sheridan
Djimon Hounsou Nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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Ray (2004)
Dir. Taylor Hackford
Jamie Fox
Winner for Best Actor in a Leading Role
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Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Dir. Clint Eastwood
Morgan Freeman
Winner for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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