He would be the first Black actor to receive a posthumous Oscar for Best Lead Actor, only the second one to win posthumously after Finch.
The actor already made history as the first Black performer and seventh person to receive a posthumous Oscar nomination.
The late actor would be only the third actor to win an Oscar posthumously following in the footsteps of Peter Finch for Network in 1977 and Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight in 2008.
If Chadwick Boseman were to win the Oscar, it would be a historic moment.