Jackée Harry
In 1987 Jackée Harry became the first and so far only African-American to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on 227.
Robert Guillame
In 1985 Robert Guillame won the Outstanding Lead Comedy Actor primetime Emmy Award for the series Benson, making him to this day the only African American actor to win the Lead Comedy Actor award.
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To add onto this, The Cosby Show only won two Emmys despite being the #1 show for about 5 years and it was Outstanding...
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