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Leap Day 1940 – Part 1

29 Feb

The day the Oscar leaped by Olivia: books.google.com…books.google.com…

— Tim

 
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5 years ago

And what an historic leap it was!

Hattie was the first Black to win an Academy Award. It was twenty-four more years before the next one when Sidney Poitier won Best Actor in 1964 for his role in Lilies in the Field.

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