Tyler Perry Gives 'Quilt' Speech At 2020 Emmys

ATLANTA, GA — Tyler Perry became the first Black person to individually be awarded the Emmy Governors Award. Oprah and Chris Rock presented the award to the Atlanta media mogul on Sunday at the 72nd Emmy Awards.

The Governors Award is given to “an individual, company, organization or project for outstanding achievement in the arts and sciences or management of television which is either of a cumulative nature or so extraordinary and universal in nature as to go beyond the scope of the Emmy Awards presented in the categories and areas of the competition.”

According to People, Perry opened up his speech with a story about a quilt his grandmother gave him when he was 19.

In my grandmother’s quilt, there are no patches that represented Black people on television. But in my quilt, her grandson is being celebrated by the Television Academy," said Perry.
Read the full speech here.