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Andre Braugher: Canadian Author and Margaret Novel

andre braugher: Veep and Saturday Night Live were also big winners, according to CTV. Sterling K. Brown won his second back-to-back Emmy for his role in the series This Is Us and in his speech honoured Andre Braugher, who was the last black man to be nominated in the same category, for Gideon's Crossing in 2001. The series is based on Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel, and the celebrated Canadian author received a standing ovation when she joined the cast and producers onstage as they accepted the Emmy. It does feel different but for different reasons. That kind of blows my mind, he said. I'm the first African-American in 16 years nominated. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.