Before Hattie McDaniel won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, she made ...

And again, Berry is the only African-American actress ever to win for Best Lead Actress at the Oscars ... However, we did see the first Asian winner last year in Michelle Yeoh for “Everything ...

As the star of “Julia”, Carroll broke through multiple barriers, winning a Golden Globe in 1968 for Best Actress in a Television Series and becoming the first African-American to earn an Emmy ...