(The Television Academy and ABC Entertainment via AP)LOS ANGELES – Regina King and Uzo Aduba used the come-as-you-are fashion edict for Sunday's virtual Emmy Awards to highlight the national struggle for social justice. Both Black actresses wore T-shirts featuring Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old EMT from Louisville, Kentucky, who was shot and killed by police in March. Aduba, sitting behind a table at home, wore a black T-shirt with Taylor's name in gold. Aduba wanted to give a boost to the demands for social justice that have swept the nation during the coronavirus pandemic this year. He took the stage at Staples Center wearing a black T-shirt with white letters BLM for Black Lives Matter and a white raised fist.

The HBO series won best television drama series at the Emmy Awards on Sunday night for its second season. It also won the best actor trophy for Jeremy Strong along with best writing and best directing. She won best actress in a drama for her role on HBO’s “Euphoria,” scoring one of the few long shot victories in a Sunday night full of wins from favorites. Star Regina King won best actress, her co-star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II won best supporting actor and the show’s creator Damon Lindelof won for writing. Eugene Levy won best actor, Catherine O’Hara won best actress, Annie Murphy won best supporting actress, and Levy’s son, Dan Levy, claimed three: for best supporting actor, writing and directing.

The program was nominated for an Emmy Award for outstanding drama series on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. (Disney Plus via AP)NEW YORK The Emmy Award nominations announced Tuesday included some snubs and surprises. But it also earned Disney+ a nod for guest actor in a drama series for Giancarlo Esposito and a spot in the best drama race. AIRING JORDANMichael Jordan proved his competitive pull once more as the ESPN documentary The Last Dance earned three Emmy nominations. Homeland over its run has won eight Emmy awards for outstanding drama series, writing, editing and casting, among the trophies.

Watchmen, which depicted the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in its remixed universe that blended real-life events with alternative versions of history, was one of 10 scripted TV series to earn a Peabody Award for Entertainment in 2019. Creator of the HBO adaptation Damon Lindelof and star Regina King put together a joint acceptance video, addressing Americas forgotten history, after the ceremony was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. This show not only evoked thought and conversation but exposed history that had been forgotten, all while we were able to entertain, King says in a video that, according to Vulture, was recorded before the killing of George Floyd and subsequent protests against police brutality and systemic racism. So they stepped forward and told it themselves, with candor, authenticity, and grace. RELATED CONTENT:How Hollywood Is Finally Shining a Light on the Tulsa Race Massacre'Watchmen': All the References to Historical Events, Political Figures and Pop Culture Highlights'Watchmen': How the HBO Series Hid the Graphic Novel's Original Characters in Plain Sight

In a separate tweet, Koroma wrote that the Tulsa Race Massacre is not just a black story but American history. The fabric of this country is soaked in racism and today 99 years later, were still fighting for change.The Tulsa Race Massacre is not just a black story but American history. Photograph of damage from the Tulsa Race Riot, Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 1921. Without giving away the twists of the plot, the author heavily cites the 2001 report Tulsa Race Riot: A Report by the Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riots of 1921 in his novel. The Tulsa Race Massacre, however, is only the latest example of untold black history in America.