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Black Hollywood Timeline
From Birth of A Nation to Dreamgirls -- By Nsenga K. Burton
February 16, 2007--The success of blacks in Hollywood can be measured in many ways. Here, we take a look at the entrepreneurialism of black filmmakers who worked diligently against racism inside and outside of the Hollywood film industry in order to give African Americans a voice. We also take a look at those stars who paved the way for the many actors and actresses we see today. Dorothy Dandridge cracked the door open with her Academy-Award nominated performance in Carmen Jones, Whoopi Goldberg and Angela Bassett opened it a little wider with their Academy-Award nominated performances in The Color Purple and What’s Love Got to Do With It, and Halle Berry finally knocked it down with her win in 2002 for Monster’s Ball, which raises another issue. Sometimes writers, producers and actors are criticized for the choices that they make in order to obtain success. Goldberg, Berry, Sidney Poitier and Denzel Washington were criticized for their award-winning portrayals. However, without those successes, we may not have had Lackawanna Blues or Antwone Fisher. So, success as it relates to African Americans in Hollywood is often relative because of the precariousness of the industry and its practices. What follows is a timeline of some of the firsts, the hits and the important moments in black Hollywood. MORE ON THIS STORY | 
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