hattie mcdaniel : When Hattie McDaniel, first African American ever nominated for an Academy Award, and arrived at the Ambassador Hotel to attend the ceremony in 1940, and was sitting on a table it on the sidelines of extreme of the hall. McDaniel nominated for Best Supporting Actress on the basis of her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939). Although this task is quite humiliating to sit and neglect of this is not unusual, as McDaniel has also been forced to miss the movie premiere because of the laws of Atlanta, Jim Crow South. McDaniel will go to win the Academy Award that evening in 1940, becoming the first African American ever to win this prestigious award. 24 will be another year before the African-American will announce the award-winning Oscars.
In the 61-year period 1940-2001, only five other African-Americans Sidney Poitier, Lou Gossett, Denzel Washington, Whoopi Goldberg and Cuba Gooding (we can put an asterisk next to this one?), Won the distinguished gold statue in the categories of acting awards. Of these six awards, Sydney Poitier is the only one who won in the category of Best Actor for his role in the lilies of the field (1963); all others in support roles.
So when Eddie Murphy and stood for the prize for best film at the awards ceremony for the year 1988, the troubled history of racial Hollywood is in sight. Murphy, the comedian who was a political figure in general, and decided that the inconsistencies in his presence at the ceremony, a senior in 1988, against a non-recognition of African Americans in Hollywood, historically, it was just an insult to the very ignored. Murphy, “exploded,” harshly criticized for gathering the characters in the industry with regard to Hollywood racism. He said that if you look closely on the history of African Americans scattered receive Oscars, that the rate things are going, and another African-Americans and probably will not get the award until 2004.
Following reports that the show producers of the program, along with some of the celebrities at the event, vocalized their displeasure for Murphy, saying his criticism was both rude and inappropriate. Murphy is said to be a response to these criticisms on the way that one would expect to respond to him, say, aloud by announcing that he was strongly indifferent to their objections.
Some eight years after the Eddie Murphy called to Hollywood, Jesse Jackson led a protest demonstration outside the Oscars because of what poetry is the continuation of the non-inclusion of African Americans. Jackson was certainly a protest days too late and a few dollars short, let alone self-aggrandizement, as one has come to expect from Jackson by this time, but the protest last footnote added to the long and turbulent history of African Americans in Hollywood.
Well, I have changed much since Eddie Murphy and decided to get in Hollywood’s collective ass, and since the man cannon Adderley, once anointed as the “preacher” of the country resulted in his 1996 protest. Starting from 2002, Hollywood has been a lot more generous in recognition of African Americans. Denzel Washington and Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx and Morgan Freeman, Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson won all the awards since then. Of these six, but Freeman and Hudson were in the best support groups, and the rest on the best actor and best actress.
Other milestones include the Sidney Poitier will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002 and Chris Rock to host the broadcast in 2005, joining Whoopi Goldberg and Richard Pryor and other African Americans just to rock the mic and MC the program over the years.
Perhaps the most surprising at the same time and the moment the most pleasing to note that, since 2002 involved watching Three 6 Mafia won an Oscar for best song in 2006. Not since Isaac Hayes wore a protective vest and chains during his own Oscar-winning song “Shaft” Back in the early ’70s has been the scene of the Academy Awards such as this is true outside of the chain performance. In many respects, it is unlikely the success of Three 6 Mafia victory for the song entitled “It’s hard out here for a pimp,” showed that 10 short years a lot has changed since Jackson had decided to protest against this event. In other words, some might say that the Three 6 Mafia can win singing about existential conflicts inherent in the pimp game, and perhaps after a long period in Hollywood’s past may eventually create a more level playing field for African Americans.
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