They Made Black History: Highlighting The Legendary Black EGOT Winners

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The
66th
Annual
Grammy
Awards
are
this
weekend!
We’re
hoping
to
see
big
wins
from
our
favorites
including
SZA,
Victoria
Monét,
Jon
Batiste
and
many
more.
The
96th
Academy
Awards
are
about
a
month
and
some
change
away.
The

nominees
were
announced
last
week
and
they
were
refreshingly
diverse.
Some
of
the
Black
names
that
are
up
for
awards
this
year
include
Colman
Domingo,
Sterling
K.
Brown,
Danielle
Brooks,
Jeffrey
Wright
and
Da’Vine
Joy
Randolph
just
to
name
a
few.
If
their
names
are
called
as
winners
on
March
10th,
they
will
join
a
very
rare
group
of
people
who
can
make
that
same
claim.
Only
around
60
African-Americans
have
won
Oscars
in
different
categories,
including
special
prizes
also
distributed
at
the
ceremony,
like
those
for
lifetime
achievement.
There
have
only
been
11
Black
artists
who
have
won
Grammys
since
its
inception.

As
prestigious
as
the
Oscar
and
Grammy
clubs
are,
there
is
one
that
definitely
tops
them
both.
In
Hollywood,
EGOT
status
is
referred
to
as
the
“grand
slam”
of
American
show
business.
It
is
achieved
when
an
entertainer
has
won
all
four
of
the
major
American
performing
art
awards
(Emmy,
Grammy,
Oscar,
Tony).
These
awards
honor
outstanding
achievements
in
television,
recording,
film
and
Broadway
theatre.
There
have
only
been
19
people
to
reach
this
legendary
competitive
milestone
(25
if
you
count
those
who
have
done
so
with
honorary
or
special
awards).
Out
of
that
19,
only
4
have
been
Black
(That
number
goes
up
to
7
when
counting
honorary
and
special
award
winners).

With
that
being
the
case,
it’s
super
important
to
shine
a
light
on
these
amazing
talents
and
their
unconquerable
spirits.
The
individuals
that
are
blessed
enough
to
call
themselves
EGOT
winners
have
exceeded
expectations
in
ways
unimaginable,
opened
doors
for
so
many
people
who
came
after
them
and
have
left
legacies
that
will
never
be
forgotten.
With
us
being
knee
deep
in
award
season
and
it
being
the
first
day
of
Black
History
Month,
we
thought
it
would
be
a
great
idea
to
highlight
the
Black
EGOT
winners!
Shout
out
to
these
masters
or
their
artistry
for
showing
Black
people
everywhere
that
there
is
no
height
that
we
can’t
reach.
Thanks
to
their
brilliance,
resilience
and
consistency,
the
entertainment
business
will
never
be
the
same
for
Black
people!

(We
included
the
3
winners
who
have
non-competitive
EGOT
status
also)

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