| Source | WBEZ |
|---|---|
| Original Load Date | Feb. 19, 2026, 12:01 p.m. |
| Last Updated | Feb. 19, 2026, 12:01 p.m. |
| Original URL | https://www.wbez.org/movies-tv/2026/02/19/oscars-so-white-diversity-rev-jesse-jackson-academy-awards-race-film-sinners |
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Nearly 20 years before Black Twitter’s #OscarsSoWhite campaign generated a
firestorm over the lack of Black nominees at the Academy Awards, Rev. Jesse
Jackson lit a spark with a call to protest the 1996 ceremony.
That year, just one Black person, short film director Dianne Houston, was
included amo...