Oscars 2021 recap: Winners, speeches and top moments

As Mia Neal, one of the makeup and hairstyling winners for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,” accepted her Oscar, she used her moment to share the spotlight with other minority women.

Neal and Jamika Wilson, who won alongside Sergio Lopez-Rivera, were the first Black women nominated in the category.

“As Jamika and I break this glass ceiling,” she said, she was filled with “so much excitement for the future.”

“I can picture Black trans women standing up here, and Asian sisters. And our Latina sisters, and indigenous women. And I know that one day it won't be unusual or groundbreaking -- it will just be normal,” she said.

Daniel Kaluuya, who won the best supporting actor Oscar for his portrayal of Fred Hampton in “Judas and the Black Messiah,” thanked the slain Black Panther leader in his speech.

“What a man. What a man. How blessed we are that we lived in a lifetime where he existed,” Kaluuya said.

“Thank you for your light,” he said, noting that Hampton was alive for just 21 years.

“He found a way to feed kids breakfast, educate kids, give free medical care -- against all the odds," Kaluuya said.

“There’s so much work to do, guys -- and that’s on everyone in this room,” Kaluuya said.

Regina King, director of "One Night in Miami," opened the show by touching on the Derek Chauvin verdict.

“If things had gone differently this past week in Minneapolis," King said, she would’ve "traded in her heals for marching boots."

"As a mother of a Black son I know the fear that so many live with -- and no amount of fame or fortune chases that," King said.

Chauvin was convicted Tuesday on all three counts in the death of George Floyd: second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

One big award to watch this year is best actor.

Chadwick Boseman, who died in August after a private four-year battle with colon cancer, is nominated for his role in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom."

Oscars presenter Angela Bassett told ABC before the show that she misses her "Black Panther" co-star's "great, big spirit."

"He cared so much for people," she said. "He had the most amazing laugh. Amazing and easy.”

Boseman is the seventh actor to receive a posthumous Oscar nomination.

He’s also the first Black actor of any sex to receive a posthumous nomination.

If Boseman wins, he’ll become the fifth Black man to win best actor.

-ABC News' Carson Blackwelder