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The 71st Emmy Awards kicked off Saturday night with the first of the two-night Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony—and Black folk were in the building.
Big winners of the evening included RuPaul’s Drag Race which won for Outstanding Hairstyling, Outstanding Costumes and RuPaul Charles won for Outstanding Host for the fourth time in a row.
Other winners of the night include W. Kamau Bell for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program for his show United Shades of America.
HBO’s Leaving Neverland, which features two adult men who say they were sexually abused by Michael Jackson was named the best documentary.
Check out who else who at the ceremony:
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W. Kamau Bell
W. Kamau Bell poses in the press room with the award for outstanding unstructured reality program for ‘United Shades of America with Kamau Bell’ during the 2019 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 14, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
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Terry Crews and his wife Rebecca King-Crews
Terry Crews (R) and Rebecca King-Crews (L) attend the 2019 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 14, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
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Wanda Sykes
Wanda Sykes attends the 2019 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
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RuPaul
RuPaul poses in the press room with the award for outstanding host for a reality or competition program for ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ during the 2019 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 14, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
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Robin Thede
Robin Thede attends the 2019 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 14, 2019.
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Anthony Anderson
Anthony Anderson attends the 2019 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 14, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
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Angela Bassett
Angela Bassett attends the 2019 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 14, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
