as of 2012:
* there are a total of 1,576 acting nominees in Oscar history
*there are 113 non-white nominations out of 1,576, which means actors of color make up 7% of those nominated
*there have been 316 acting winners in Oscar history
* of those 316, there were 27 wins for actors of color (25 winners because Denzel Washington and Anthony Quinn are the only persons of color to win twice)
***persons of color are those of African, Asian, Latin, Native American (north, central, and south), Middle Eastern, and Hispanic heritage
1936
Merle Oberon
"The Dark Angel"
Best Actress
1937-1939 - No Nominations
1940
Hattie McDaniel 
"Gone with the Wind"
Best Supporting Actress
1941-1948 - No Nominations
1949
Jose Ferrer
"Joan of Arc"
Best Supporting Actor
1950
Ethel Waters
"Pinky"
Best Supporting Actor
1951
Jose Ferrer
"Cyrano de Bergerac"
Best Actor
1952 - No Nominations
1953
Jose Ferrer
"Moulin Rouge"
Best Actor
Anthony Quinn
"Viva Zapata!"
Best Supporting Actor
1954 - No Nominations
1955
Dorothy Dandridge
"Carmen Jones"
Best Actress
Katy Jurado
"Broken Lance"
Best Supporting Actress
1956 - No Nominations
1957
Yul Brynner
"The King and I"
Best Actor
Anthony Quinn
"Lust for Life"
Best Supporting Actor
1958
Anthony Quinn
"Wild in the Wind"
Best Actor
Sessue Hayakawa
"The Bridge on the River Kwai"
Best Supporting Actor
Miyoshi Umeki
"Sayonara"
Best Supporting Actress
1959
Sidney Poitier
"The Defiant Ones"
Best Actor
1960
Susan Kohner
"Imitations of Life"
Best Supporting Actress
Juanita Moore
"Imitations of Life"
Best Supporting Actress
1961 - No Nominations
1962
George Chakiris
"West Side Story"
Best Supporting Actor
Rita Moreno
"West Side Story"
Best Supporting Actress
1963
Omar Sharif
"Lawrence of Arabia"
Best Supporting Actor
1964
Sidney Poitier
"Lilies of the Field"
Best Actor
1965
Anthony Quinn
"Zorba the Greek"
Best Actor
1966 - No Nominations
1967
Mako
"The Sand Pebbles"
Best Supporting Actor
Jocelyne LaGarde
"Hawaii"
Best Supporting Actress
1968
Carol Channing
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"
Best Supporting Actress
Beah Richards
"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
Best Supporting Actress
1969 - No Nominations
1970
Rupert Crosse
"The Reivers"
Best Supporting Actor
1971
James Earl Jones
"The Great White Hope"
Best Actor
Chief Dan George
"Little Big Man"
Best Supporting Actor
1972
Topol
"Fiddler on the Roof"
Best Actor
1973
Paul Winfield
"Sounder"
Best Actor
Diana Ross
"Lady Sings the Blues"
Best Actress
Cicely Tyson
"Sounder"
Best Actress
1974 - No Nominations
1975
Diahann Carroll
"Claudine"
Best Actress
1976-1981 - No Nominations
1982
Howard Rollins
"Ragtime"
Best Supporting Actor
1983
Ben Kingsley
"Gandhi"
Best Actor
Louis Gossett, Jr.
"An Officer and a Gentleman"
Best Supporting Actor
1984
Alfre Woodard
"Cross Creek"
Best Supporting Actress
1985
F. Murray Abraham
"Amadeus"
Best Actor
Adolph Caesar
"A Soldier's Story"
Best Supporting Actor
"The Karate Kid"
Best Supporting Actor
Haing S. Ngor
"The Killing Fields"
Best Supporting Actor
1986
Whoopi Goldberg
"The Color Purple"
Best Actress
Margaret Avery
"The Color Purple"
Best Supporting Actress
Meg Tilly
"Agnes of God"
Best Supporting Actress
Oprah Winfrey
"The Color Purple"
Best Supporting Actress
1987
Dexter Gordon
"'Round Midnight"
Best Actor
1988
Morgan Freeman
"Street Smart"
Best Supporting Actor
Denzel Washington
"Cry Freedom"
Best Supporting Actor
Norma Aleandro
"Gaby: A True Story"
Best Supporting Actress
1989
Edward James Olmos
"Stand and Deliver"
Best Actor
1990
Morgan Freeman
"Driving Miss Daisy"
Best Actor
Denzel Washington
"Glory"
Best Supporting Actor
1991
Andy Garcia
"The Godfather: Part III"
Best Supporting Actor
Graham Greene
"Dances with Wolves"
Best Supporting Actor
Whoopi Goldberg
"Ghost"
Best Supporting Actress
1992
Mercedes Ruehl
"The Fisher King"
Best Supporting Actress
1993
Denzel Washington
"Malcolm X"
Best Actor
Jaye Davidson
"The Crying Game"
Best Supporting Actor
1994
Laurence Fishburne
"What's Love Got to Do with It"
Best Actor
Angela Bassett
"What's Love Got to Do with It"
Best Actress
Rosie Perez
"Fearless"
Best Supporting Actress
1995
Morgan Freeman
"The Shawshank Redemption"
Best Supporting Actor
Samuel L. Jackson
"Pulp Fiction"
Best Supporting Actor
Jennifer Tilly
"Bullets Over Broadway"
Best Supporting Actress
1996 - No Nominations
1997
Cuba Gooding, Jr
"Jerry Maguire"
Best Supporting Actor
Marianna Jean-Baptiste
"Secrets & Lies"
Best Supporting Actress
1998 - No Nominations
1999
Fernanda Montenegro
"Central Station"
Best Actress
2000
Denzel Washington
"The Hurricane"
Best Actor
Michael Clarke Duncan
"The Green Mile"
Best Supporting Actor
2001
Javier Bardem
"Before Night Falls"
Best Actor
Benicio del Toro
"Traffic"
Best Supporting Actor
2002
Will Smith
"Ali"
Best Actor
Denzel Washington
"Training Day"
Best Actor
Halle Berry
"Monster's Ball"
Best Actress
Ben Kingsley
"Sexy Beast"
Best Supporting Actor
2003
Best Actress
Queen Latifah
"Chicago"
Best Supporting Actress
Catherine Zeta-Jones
"Chicago"
Best Supporting Actress
2004
Ben Kingsley
"House of Sand and Fog"
Best Actor
Keisha Castle-Hughes
"Whale Rider"
Best Actress
Benicio del Toro
"21 Grams"
Best Supporting Actor
Djimon Hounsou
"In America"
Best Supporting Actor
Ken Watanabe
"The Last Samurai"
Best Supporting Actor
Shohreh Aghdashloo
"House of Sand and Fog"
Best Supporting Actress
2005
Don Cheadle
"Hotel Rwanda"
Best Actor
Jamie Foxx
"Ray"
Best Actor
Catalina Sandino Moreno
"Maria Full of Grace"
Best Actress
Jamie Foxx
"Collateral"
Best Supporting Actor
Morgan Freeman
"Million Dollar Baby"
Best Supporting Actor
Sophie Okonedo
"Hotel Rwanda"
Best Supporting Actress
2006
Terrence Howard
"Hustle & Flow"
Best Actor
2007
Will Smith
"The Pursuit of Happyness"
Best Actor
Forest Whitkaer
"The Last King of Scotland"
Best Actor
Best Actress
Djimon Hounsou
"Blood Diamond"
Best Supporting Actor
Eddie Murphy
"Dreamgirls"
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Hudson
"Dreamgirls"
Best Supporting Actress
Rinko Kikuchi
"Babel"
Best Supporting Actress
2008
Javier Bardem
"No Country for Old Men"
Best Supporting Actor
Ruby Dee
"American Gangster"
Best Supporting Actress
2009
Penelope Cruz
"Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis
"Doubt"
Best Supporting Actress
Taraji P. Henson
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Best Supporting Actress
2010
Morgan Freeman
"Invictus"
Best Actor
Gabourey Sidibe
"Precious"
Best Actress
Penelope Cruz
"Nine"
Best Supporting Actress
Mo'Nique
"Precious"
Best Supporting Actress
2011
Javier Bardem
"Biutiful"
Best Actor
2012
Demian Bichir
"A Better Life"
Best Actor
Viola Davis
"The Help"
Best Actress
Berenice Bejo
"The Artist"
Best Supporting Actress
Octavia Spencer
"The Help"
Best Supporting Actress
2013
Denzel Washington
"Flight"
Best Actor
Quvenzhane Wallis
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Best Actress
2014
Chiwetel Ejiofor
"12 Years a Slave"
Best Actor
Barkhad Abdi
"Captain Phillips"
Best Supporting Actor
Lupita Nyong'o
"12 Years a Slave"
Best Supporting Actress
2015 - No Nominations
2016 - No Nominations
