2021 Golden Globe Awards African-American Actors Took Home Multiple Trophies
By Lapacazo Sandoval, Contributing Writer
Published March 4, 2021
Pictured in this screen grab: Taylor Simone Ledward accepts the Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama award for ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ on behalf of the winner, the late Chadwick Boseman at the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards on February 28, 2021. (Photo by: NBC)
African-American actors took home multiple trophies at the 2021 Golden Globe Awards, as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the organization behind the awards were harshly criticized for its complete lack of African-American members, which was discovered by The Los Angeles Times.
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