lotussorority: “Let me tell you something: The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there. So here's to all the writers, the awesome people ... Shona Rhimes, people who have redefined what it means to be beautiful, to be sexy, to be a leading woman, to be black" - @ViolaDavis Making history, Viola Davis became the first black woman to win the Emmy for lead actress in a drama. Isabel Sanford is the only other African American woman to have taken home an Emmy in a lead acting category, which she earned in 1981 for her work on “The Jeffersons.” Her. Speech. Was. Everything!!! The way she spoke the truth about the struggle of being a woman of colour in this business. The way she up lifted other black actresses, black Queens/Empresses. Her natural hair. Her melanin skin. Her natural beauty. She didn't make us feel that she won.... But that we won!!! As #WOC as black girls!! #ViolaDavis #BlackXcellence #Blackout #sisterhood #Queen #Goddess #Empress #WomenOfColor #Melanin #Wombman #Actress #Emmys #HTGAWM #ShondaRhimes #ViolaDavis #LotusSorority