The Emmys are a night to honor the elite on and off camera and top primetime television shows. 2014 and 2015 have both been strong years for the leading black woman. Shows such as "How To Get Away With Murder," "Empire," "Scandal," "Blackish," "Sleepy Hollow" and "Being Mary Jane" (just to name a few) at one time dominated the nation's television week after week. What a time to be alive right? Although many will overlook how various shades of beautiful brown women have increasingly rocked out primetime television over the past fews, the time has come to recognize someone!
Viola Davis stepped away from this year's Emmys making history as the first black (and woman of color) woman to win the "Best Actress In A Drama Series" category. Her dynamic role as Professor Annalise Keating on ABC's "How To Get Away With Murder" earned her the well deserved award. As she gracefully accepted her award stunning with her natural hair, her speech became the voice not only for black women in Hollywood, but working black women in general.
Emotionally beginning her speech with "Let me tell you something, the only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity." As she continued to speak in front of a majority white crowd that tried their hardest to crack a smile of happiness and clap, Viola Davis was comfortable being unapologetically black! An emotional Kerry Washington and agreeing Taraji P. Henson supported her from the audience. Acknowledging only Hollywood women of color, Viola Davis immediately became a trending topic with congrats and shade coming her way all at the sametime.
Regina King took away the "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie" for her role in "American Crime." Taraji P. Henson presented King her award cheering for her and hugging her tightly as she took the stage. Regina King gracefully won her first Emmy of her career. Uzo Aduba also made history that night becoming the first woman to win "Best Supporting Actress In A Comedy" and "Drama" for her role in "Orange Is The New Black." As the tears rolled, Aduba went down her list of thanks most importantly thanking her team for "letting me be me."
These ladies were the winners of the night, but to every brown woman and man that sat in the audience got to be apart of history. In 2015 it is unfortunate that blacks still are fighting in Hollywood to be casted, for their films/shows to air internationally and to recognized at award shows. The 2015 Emmys was a great platform for people to listen!
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