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The versatile singer and actor Harry Belafonte was the first African-American to receive a Primetime Emmy Award. He won the 1959-1960 award for Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Musical Program or Series for his special "Tonight with Belafonte" on CBS' "The Revlon Revue."

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