Who was the first african american to win an academy award?

The correct answer is Hattie McDaniel

American actress Hattie McDaniel remained forgotten for decades, in an injustice that will be corrected with a biopic that will tell her trajectory and her greatest symbolic feat: she became the first black woman to win an Oscar.

The award was given to her in 1940, for her performance as a supporting actress like Mommy in the classic film “… And the wind took”.

The daughter of an ex-slave couple, Hattie was born in 1895 and, when she decided to pursue an artistic career, her whole life became a story of overcoming and conquering - with a lot of struggle against the radical prejudices of the time.

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