True. Guillaume was the first black actor to win Actor in a Comedy for ''Benson'' in 1985 (15 years after Bill Cosby's 1st nomination in Comedy).
Astonishingly, no other black actor had won in this category until 32 years later, and it was only last month (!): Donald Glover for ''Atlanta.''
However, Guillaume's first Emmy win was for Supporting Actor in a Comedy for ''Soap'' in 1979.
Almost 40 years later, no black has won that category since ... despite nominations for Eddie Murphy, Ron Glass, Tracy Morgan, Tituss Burgess ... |
