Black Twitter outraged over Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis Oscar snubs Boseman was heavily favored to be the first Black actor to posthumously win an Academy Award for his final performance. The late Chadwick Boseman was heavily favored to be the first Black actor to posthumously win Sunday night’s last Academy Award for his stellar final performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. However, film fans on social media were stunned and disappointed Sunday night when Boseman lost the Best Actor Oscar to screen legend Sir Anthony Hopkins . Social media users were very expressive about their disappointment that neither “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” star Chadwick Boseman (left) or Viola Davis (right) won Oscars. Boseman was widely expected to be the first Black actor to posthumously win an Academy Award. (Netflix)