Andra Day and Viola Davis are the category’s first pair of Black nominees since 1973, when Diana Ross was nominated for “Lady Sings the Blues” and Cicely Tyson was up for “Sounder.”Andra Day and Viola Davis are the category’s first pair of Black nominees since 1973, when Diana Ross was nominated for “Lady Sings the Blues” and Cicely Tyson was up for “Sounder.”Read MoreBlack People, Actors and Actresses, Academy Awards (Oscars), Blues Music, Davis, Viola, Day, Andra (1984- ), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Movie), The United States vs Billie Holiday (Movie)
