Courtney B. Vance accepts the award for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or movie for his role as the late renowned defense attorney Johnnie Cochran in “The People v. O.J. Simpson.” Mr. Vance acknowledged his wife, actress Angela Bassett, in accepting the award.
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Emmy Awards filled with color, politics
Diversity ruled at Sunday’s Emmy Awards, where a record 21 nominees of color were up for the annual awards for television and cable shows in contrast to this year’s all-white Oscars acting lineup. Several took home Emmys, many for the first time.
