The number of African-Americans who watched the Oscars jumped this year, as audiences saw some history-making firsts for black nominees.
. The best supporting actor and actress categories were both won by black performers: Mahershala Ali for “Green Book” and Regina King for “If Beale Street Could Talk.”
Tambay Obenson, who writes about black films for Indiewire, noted the 2019 ceremony featured the second-most black nominees in Oscar history. Nielsen noted that total viewership among African-Americans rose to 2.4 million, up from 2.1 million people in 2018. That number still lagged the 2.9 million African-Americans who tuned in for the 2017 awards, when “Moonlight,” a coming-of-age movie about a young black gay man in Miami, won best picture.
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