Jackson State alumnus Tramell Tillman, who plays Mr. Milchick in Apple TV+'s acclaimed original series Severance, made history at Sunday evening's Emmys. He won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, becoming the first Black man to ever receive the award.

Tillman's portrayal of the menacing Mr. Milchick, a manager at the mysterious Lumon Industries, is one of the standout performances of the series. The show features a fictional procedure known as “severance,” where employees' personal and professional memories are surgically separated.

Tillman made headlines for calling on his HBCU experiences as both a graduate of Jackson State and a former student at Xavier University of Louisiana. The season two finale of Severance featured a marching band scene that

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