For the first time in Emmy history, all four winners in the guest actor categories were black.
Tiffany Haddish won best guest actress in a comedy for hosting Saturday Night Live, Ron Cephas Jones won best guest actor in a drama for This Is Us, Samira Wiley won best guest actress in a drama for The Handmaid's Tale, and Katt Williams won best guest actor in a comedy for Atlanta.
Both Jones and Wiley had been nominated previously, while Williams and Haddish won in their first year being nominated.
The wins come amidst a larger push for diversity and inclusion in television, both in front of and behind the camera.
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As Variety noted when this year's Emmy nominees were announced, 36 non-white actors were nominated this year, up 20 per cent from the year before.
The awards announced on Saturday are the creative arts Emmys, a precursor to the September 17 main ceremony.
