Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson have become the first Black women to win the Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, thanks to their incredible work on “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”.
The historic win comes after the pair were also announced as the first Black women to be nominated for the award back in March.
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He was an original Tuskegee Airmen. He represented the U.S. in the first Pan Am games, he went to Argentina, he met Evita,” said Neal during her emotional acceptance speech. “He graduated from Northwestern University at a time that they did not allow Blacks to stay on campus so he
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