> You made me look it up. You are correct. Sidney Poitier won one, and prior to this year that was it. I was getting confused with Supporting Actor wins by Lou Gossett, Jr., Cuba Gooding, Jr., and possibly others.
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> In Supporting Actress, Hattie McDaniel won for "Gone with the Wind." I might have missed one or two in that category as well.

Incidentally, Denzel also won in the Supporting Actor category, for Glory in 1989.
Here's my question about the night though. I believe Halle Berry mentioned )or someone did for her)that a door had now been opened for black actresses to win this award.
I just feel like it hasn't been the Academy's fault; they're trying to nominate the best performances, period. I would tend to say that the door has been open for awhile, and the problem might lie more in the fact that it's harder for minority actors/actresses to get the good roles. So, has a door really been opened? Now that this first has happened, are more likelier to follow? Because I don't really see it that way...

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