Updated: Jan. 21, 2016 at 7:54 AM

The 29 black artists who have won Oscars (29 images)

Filmmaker Spike Lee and actress Jada Pinkett Smith have vowed to boycott this year's Academy Awards after black actors and filmmakers were snubbed in nominations. In the Oscars' 88-year history, 29 black artists have won.

Louis Gossett Jr. -- 1982

Louis Gossett Jr., seen at the Annual Academy Awards 2008, became the first African-American to win an Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in "An Officer and a Gentleman" in 1982. Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI

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Denzel Washington -- 1989, 2001

Actor Denzel Washington, seen at the Academy Awards 2013, won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "Glory" in 1989 and received his second Academy Award, this time for Best Actor, for his role in 2001's "Training Day." Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

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Cuba Gooding, Jr. -- 1996

Cuba Gooding, Jr. won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "Jerry Maguire " at the Academy Awards on March 24, 1997. Gooding Jr., who was 29 at the time, is the youngest African-American to win an Academy Award. UPI file photo

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Morgan Freeman -- 2004

Morgan Freeman won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in "Million Dollar Baby" at the 77th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Calif. on February 27, 2005. Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI

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