Tears for a Queen — a Black One! — Who’s Alive and Well

Speaking of once-in-a-generation moments, let’s talk about Sheryl Lee Ralph winning an Emmy.

Jeremy Helligar
ZORA
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6 min readSep 16, 2022

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Sheryl Lee Ralph accepts her first Emmy. (Photo: YouTube/Television Academy)

The Queen Is Dead.

The first time I ever read those words, I was staring at the cover a 1986 album by the British rock band The Smiths. It took 36 years for those four words to become a…

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Jeremy Helligar
ZORA
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