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Historic Oscar night elevates Black actors with wins
At the Academy Awards Sidney Poitier hailed progress as Halle Berry and Denzel Washington joined him as the first Black lead winners. Berry cried through her best actress speech for Monster's Ball while Washington earned best actor for Training Day. The telecast also honored Sept 11 victims as A Beautiful Mind and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring each took four Oscars in a four hour show.
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