Before Dorothy Dandridge...Before Lena Horne...during the 1930's and 1940's Nina Mae McKinney was the world's premier black actress and performer. ... The First Black Movie Star in the U.S. & Europe.

A tribute to the tragic actress with a biography, filmography, portraits and links. ... Site created by Phillip Oliver; July 1999

Academy Awards/Oscars: Halle Berry is first black actress to win Academy Award - LOS ANGELES - Halle Berry became the first black actress to earn an Ac : Encyclopedia.com ... GOLDEN GLOBES 2002;

The talented beauty is the first Black to win a SAG award in a leading actor category. Berry, who portrayed Leticia Muskgrove in ...

An Oscars ceremony to go down in history occurred on March 24th, 2002. Halle Berry became the first Black actress to be awarded an Oscar for a leading role, and Denzel Washington became the...

Her performance earned her an Oscar nomination as best actress of the year. No black performer had ever before been nominated for a leading actor award. ... The black press, at first favorable,

DOROTHY DANDRIDGE; The Tragic Life of an Actress Called the Dream Goddess ... Oscar DePriest became the first elected black alderman in Chicago, Illinois.

GWEN IFILL: Halle Berry became the first black woman in 74 years of Academy Award-giving to win for lead actress, this for her against-the-grain star turn as the widow of an executed convict in...

*Anika Noni Rose, the voice of Disney's first African American princess, had an emotional moment during the unveiling of her character's doll last week in New York City.

Halle Berry becomes the first black actress to win an Oscar, Denzel Washington also takes home an Oscar, the first black actor since Sidney Poitier. ... History Made Every Day™ ... After World War II,