HERstory has been made! Quinta Brunson wins BIG at the 2024 Emmys!

Quinta Brunson took home an Emmy on Monday for best actress in a comedy series, becoming the first Black actress to win the category since 1981 when “The Jeffersons” star Isabel Sanford won.

Brunson won for her performance in ABC’s sitcom “Abbott Elementary,” which she also created and serves as a writer on.

“I love making ‘Abbott Elementary’ so much and I am so happy to be able to live my dream and act out comedy,” Brunson said as she fought through tears during her acceptance speech.

Now a two-time Emmy winner, Brunson previously won in 2022 for outstanding writing in a comedy series for her work on “Abbott.” She was nominated in the outstanding actress in a comedy series that same year, but lost out to “Hacks” star Jean Smart.

Although this is a GREAT honor, it says alot that the EMMYS hasn’t seen a ‘FUNNY BLACK LEAD’ actress in over 40 years? That statistic is sad when you look at it. Too many of our BLACK AND BROWN women are being overlooked and something has to change in Hollywood.