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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.



Hattie McDaniel -- 1939
Actress Hattie McDaniel became the first African-American to win an Academy Award for her supporting role as Mammy in the 1939 film "Gone With the Wind". Photo by Phil McCarten/UPI
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Jennifer Hudson -- 2006
Jennifer Hudson won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for "Dreamgirls" at the 79th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., on February 25, 2007. Hudson was the first African-American person to win an Academy Award for a film debut and "Dreamgirls" was the first film to feature African-American nominees for both the Best Supporting Actor and the Best Supporting Actress categories. Photo by Phil McCarten/UPI
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Lupita Nyong'o -- 2013
Lupita Nyong'o won Best Supporting Actress for "12 Years A Slave" during the 86th Academy Awards at the Hollywood & Highland Center on March 2, 2014 in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Photo by Phil McCarten/UPI
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Octavia Spencer -- 2011
Octavia Spencer won the Oscar for best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for "The Help" during the 84th Academy Awards in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on February 26, 2012. Photo by Phil McCarten/UPI
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