next hear sidney poitier name the best actress. >> julie andrews. >> she played opposite rex harrison in a stage version of "my fair lady." passed over for the movie role, she played mary poppins and parlayed the portrayal of that bouncy gov eastern essinto tonight's truive. one said hollywood is handing out foreign aid. both winners shall british. >> this is lovely. i know you americans are famous for your hospitality but this is really rid i can lurs. >> in a year of many outstanding movies it was a chore to pick the winners. the night was a huge success. >> the political landscape has changed with the 114th congress. not only are there 43 new republicans and 15 new democrats in the house and 12 new republicans and one new democrat in the senate, there's also 108 women in congress including the first african-american republican in the house and the first woman veteran in the senate. keep track of the members using congressional chronicle on c-span.org. lots of useful information there, including voting statistics on each member of congress. >> each week american history tv sits in o

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some people thought i was sidney poitier, "guess who is coming to congress?" [laughter] but the district supports me and i work hard for the district. there were a few members of congress at first that were not so sure. "who is this guy?" john conyers was not one of the ose people. from day one, john conyers has been a friend, mentor, and ally. there was no question of the color of my skin. it was where my heart and issues where. he welcomed me to congress. he has been my leader and mentor ever since. i was proud and my first term to have passed an apology for slavery and jim crow. but i could not have passed that without john conyers. he put it on the agenda. it needed the chairman to put it up. he got it on the committee on the suspension calendar. we passed it, it became law. it went through the house, we passed a resolution. that was important, and it would not have happened without john conyers. john conyers is a marvelous human being. in my first four years in congress, we were in the majority. he was our chair. judiciary committee gets an unusual combin

. >> i earned that money ten hours a day -- >> reporter: also citing sidney poitier not even nominated of the night." >> generally speaking we as black people have been celebrated more for when we are subechlt rchlt subservient. >> reporter: it's seen as some by a big problem in hollywood. this year all 20 lead and supporting actor nominees are white. >> something you can't kind of understand. >> i'm disappointed. >> reporter: only the second time that's happened in nearly 20 years. >> the entire brouhaha over "selma" has really opened a lot of people's eyes. i think there's now a more acute awareness of the fact that if there are going to be zero minority nominees in the major categoes people are going to notice. >> reporter: noticed not just by those going to the movies -- >> it's okay tell them they're a bunch of -- uh -- >> reporter: but now by those making them. >> oyelowo says another part of the problem is it's just hard to get black films made and "selma" only got after the success of "the butler" and 12 years a slave." a lot thought sidney poitier won for "in the heat of the n

. >> reporter: and citing sidney poitier not nominated for "in the heat of the night." >> generally speakingwe, as black people, have been celebrated more for when we are subservient, when we are not being leaders or kings or being in the center of our own narrative driving it forward >> reporter: lack of diversity is seen by some as a big problem in hollywood. this year, all 20 lead and supporting actor nominees are white. >> something you can't kind of understand. >> disappointed. >> reporter: only the second time that's happened in nearly 20 years. >> the entire brouhaha over "selma" has opened a lot of people's eyes. i think there is a more acute awareness that if there are going to be zero minority nominees in major categories people are going to notice. >> reporter: notice not just by those going to the movies. >> it's okay. tell them they are a bunch of -- >> reporter: but now by those making them. mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. >> well -- >> this will be a hot topic through the oscars because that movie, a lot of people just think it's fantastic. >> oh, yeah. >> and ava duver

. >> the winner is sidney poitier. [ applause ] >> a lot of white people in between.n? it's a long time. >> it is a long journey to this moment. >> the fact you are a negro, did that make this particularly significant tonight? >> you're going to have to let me mull that one for awhile. it's a very interesting question. and i would prefer not to answer it in my present anxiety. i'd rather be much more collected to deal with such a delicate question. >> and then came lou gossett. then denzel. and then me. >> whoopi goldberg. [ cheers and applause ] >> i come from new york. as a little kid i lived in the projects. and you're the people i watched. you're the people who made me want to be an actor. i'm so proud to be here. i'm proud to be an actor. and i'm going to keep on acting. and thank you so much. >> it was a short list. >> and the oscar goes to halle berry. >> the handing out of oscars at the oscar show through the years has shown social change. i know for some maybe not fast enough. but it has definitely moved in that direction. ♪ >>> i am -- >> tom hanks in "phila

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