Akron native Paul Tazewell, 60, won the Oscar for costume design and made Academy Awards history in the process.

The costume designer behind 'Wicked' made history as the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Costume Design.

In a historic moment at the 97th Academy Awards, Paul Tazewell became the first Black man to win the Oscar for Best Costume ...

Paul Tazewell, who graduated from UNCSA in 1986, is the first Black man to receive the award for costume design ...

When Paul Tazewell took home the “Best Costume Design” Oscar at the 97th Academy Awards for his work on the blockbuster ...

Paul Tazewell, an Akron, Ohio, native and former faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University, made history Sunday night at ...

Fans are rejoicifying about Wicked winning two Academy Awards — including the film's costume designer, Paul Tazewell, who's now entered the Oscars history book.

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Akron native Paul Tazewell, nominated for an Academy Award for his costume design work for the blockbuster film "Wicked," won ...

"Wicked" costume designer Paul Tazewell is reflecting on his historic Oscar win. Tazewell, who became the first Black man to win an Oscar for costume design on Sunday night, took to Instagram on ...

"We kind of knew he had talent, but we didn't have an idea of the level of genius," says Linda Brown, Tazewell's aunt.

Akron's Paul Tazewell won his first Oscar for Costume Design for "Wicked," marking a historic win as the first Black man in ...