Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Celebrating Black History Month: Ruth Carter, first African-American to win the Academy Award for Best Costume Design



Ruth Carter, born April 10, 1960 in Springfield, Massachusetts, is the first African-American to win an Academy Award for Best Costume Design.  She had been nominated twice before but her work on Black Panther is what got her the award in February 2019.  She won numerous awards for her work on Black Panther, and more recently for her work on Dolemite Is My Name, starring Eddie Murphy.


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