The honor comes less than a week after Day won the Golden Globe Best Actress in a Drama Trophy for her performance in Hulu’s The United States vs. Billie Holiday, who became the second black actress to win the category and the first in 35 years.
Day was the Globes winner for the first time. She was also nominated for Best Original Song with Raphael Saadiq for ‘Tigress & Tweed’ from the film now streaming.
Her victory is the first black winner of the category since Whoopi Goldberg, who became the first black actress in 1986. Halle Berry lost the category Monster’s ball but won the Oscar in 2002. And Angela Bassett, who was a presenter on Sunday, was the last black actress to win the best actress in a comedy or musical in 1994.
The Black Women Film Network is the oldest non-profit organization that focuses on preparing black women in the film, television and new media industries. On Saturday, it honored notable names in the industry, including Day, Debra L. Lee, Rikki Hughes, Mikki Turner, Courtney Neal and Denise Armstrong during its annual BWFN summit.
The theme of the summit this year was ‘The revolution will be digitized: black women leading into new spaces as creators with many hyphens.’ Presented by Cvent, the black women in the arts and entertainment industry celebrated and there were master classes, seminars and activities that connected the most important leaders in the industry with prospective professional entertainment. Popular speakers represented brands such as ColorCreative, BET, WME, NBCUniversal, WarnerMedia, Netflix, Tyler Perry Studios, CNN, and Starz.
This article originally appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.