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ISBN 10: 1461706378
ISBN 13: 9781461706373
Author: Edward Mapp

At the 2007 Academy Awards’ ceremony, an unprecedented number of Black performers received acting nominations, and two of the statues awarded that evening went to Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson. Indeed, since 2000, more African Americans have received Oscars than in the previous century. While the last few years have seen more and more Black performers receive acknowledgment by the Academy, it hasn’t always been that way. African Americans and the Oscar’: Decades of Struggle and Achievement highlights the advancements Black performers have made on the silver screen and how those performances were honored by the Academy. In the Academy’s first 40 years, less than ten African Americans were cited for their work on screen and only two, Hattie McDaniel and Sidney Poitier, received competitive awards before the 1980s. This book profiles all the nominees and recipients of the coveted award in the acting, writing, and directing categories, beginning with the first: McDaniel’s Best Supporting Actress win for her role in Gone with the Wind (1939). Each entry, organized chronologically and by name, provides valuable information about how the role or film was viewed during its time and also places it in historical context by drawing connections to other related awards or events in film history. In the introduction, Mapp’s overview of the nomination process helps explain the historically low percentage of African Americans who have been nominated or received the honor. Also, appendixes provide lists of non-acting/directing nominees and winners, overlooked performances, and performers of nominated songs. Highlighting the achievements of Sidney Poitier, Whoopi Goldberg, Halle Berry, Morgan Freeman, Spike Lee, Jamie Foxx, Denzel Washington and others, this volume provides an enlightening history of the Black experience in Hollywood and will fascinate fans of all ages.

African Americans and the Oscar 2nd Edition Table of contents:

1939 Hattie McDaniel, Gone with the Wind
1946 James Baskett, Song of the South
1949 Ethel Waters, Pinky
1954 Dorothy Dandridge, Carmen Jones
1958 Sidney Poitier, The Defiant Ones
1959 Juanita Moore, Imitation of Life
1963 Sidney Poitier, Lilies of the Field
1967 Beah Richards, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
1969 Rupert Crosse, The Reivers
1970 James Earl Jones, The Great White Hope
1972 Diana Ross, Lady Sings the Blues
1972 Cicely Tyson, Sounder
1972 Paul Winfield, Sounder
1974 Diahann Carroll, Claudine
1981 Howard E. Rollins Jr., Ragtime
1982 Louis Gossett Jr., An Officer and a Gentleman
1983 Alfre Woodard, Cross Creek
1984 Adolph Caesar, A Soldier’s Story
1985 Margaret Avery, The Color Purple
1985 Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple
1985 Oprah Winfrey, The Color Purple
1986 Dexter Gordon, ’Round Midnight
1987 Morgan Freeman, Street Smart
1987 Denzel Washington, Cry Freedom
1989 Morgan Freeman, Driving Miss Daisy
1989 Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing
1989 Denzel Washington, Glory
1990 Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost
1991 John Singleton, Boyz N the Hood
1992 Jaye Davidson, The Crying Game
1992 Denzel Washington, Malcolm X
1993 Angela Bassett, What’s Love Got to Do with It?
1993 Laurence Fishburne, What’s Love Got to Do with It?
1994 Morgan Freeman, The Shawshank Redemption
1994 Samuel L. Jackson, Pulp Fiction
1996 Cuba Gooding Jr., Jerry Maguire
1996 Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Secrets & Lies
1997 Spike Lee, 4 Little Girls
1999 Michael Clarke Duncan, The Green Mile
1999 Denzel Washington, The Hurricane
2001 Halle Berry, Monster’s Ball
2001 Will Smith, Ali
2001 Denzel Washington, Training Day
2002 Queen Latifah, Chicago
2003 Djimon Hounsou, In America
2004 Jamie Foxx, Collateral
2004 Jamie Foxx, Ray
2004 Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
2005 Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda
2005 Terrence Howard, Hustle & Flow
2005 Sophie Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda
2006 Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
2006 Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
2006 Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
2006 Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
2006 Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

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