Oscars: A Look Back at the African-American Winners. The Hollywood Reporter highlights the 32 black actors, musicians, writers, producers, sound mixers and other artists who have taken home gold.

“Moonlight” writers Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, a historic win that made them the fourth and fifth black honorees of the night, setting ...

Oscars: Jordan Peele Becomes First African-American Winner for Best Original Screenplay Peele is only the fourth black nominee in the category, following Suzanne de Passe, Spike Lee and John Singleton ...

In 87 years of Academy Awards, just 14 men and women of color have earned Oscars for Best Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor or Supporting Actress. That’s the reason why this year’s Oscar ...

Few Academy Award fans can forget the historic moment when Halle Berry took home the best actress Oscar, the first-ever given to an African-American woman, for her portrayal of Leticia Musgrove in ...

Jordan Peele made history at the 90th Oscars, becoming the first African-American to win the best original screenplay Oscar for "Get Out." ... while James Ivory became the oldest Oscar winner ever.

Because of their work for “Black Panther,” Beachler and Carter became the first African-American women to win Oscars in a nonacting category since the 1980s.

In 1940, McDaniel became the first African-American to win an Oscar. Hattie was also the first Black actress to win Best Supporting Actress for her role in ‘Gone With The Wind’ as Mammy, a ...

Plus, the 2019 Oscars saw a record 15 women awarded for their achievements, beating the previous record of 12 winners in both 2014 and 2016. Times staff writer Ashley Lee contributed to this report.

The short list of African-American Academy Award winners underscores his point. ... Listen MPR 50th: An interview with Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson. Go Deeper.