Halle Berry was the first Black woman to win the Oscar for Best Actress in 2002 for her role in Monster’s Ball. Her speech was raw and tearful. “This moment is so much bigger than me. This moment is for Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll. It’s for the women that stand beside me, Jada Pinkett, Angela Bassett, Vivica Fox. And it’s for every nameless, faceless woman of color that now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened. Thank you. I’m so honored. I’m so honored,” she said. It’s still kind of horrifying that it took until
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