“I’m rooting for everybody Black,” was in full effect this year as a record seven Black people won awards at the 2019 Oscars, passing the record that was previously made in 2017. The Black winners included Regina King and Mahershala Ali, who both won in their respective supporting actor categories in “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “Green Book” respectively, Spike Lee, who won his first Oscar for co-writing “BlacKklansman,” Kevin Willmott, who co-wrote “BlacKklansman,” production designer Hannah Beachler and costume designer Ruth Carter won Oscars for “Black Panther” and Peter Ramsey won an award after “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” won Best Animated Feature.
