\ud83d\udd25\n\nWhat a NIGHT at the NAACP Image Awards\u2014standing O’s for Michael B. Jordan & Delroy Lindo after BAFTA’s racist mess, MBJ dedicating Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture to Chadwick Boseman, Delroy turning pain into power (\”negative becoming positive\”), and Regina Hall shouting out our kings with pure love. From Sinners solidarity to unapologetic Black joy, Hollywood showed UP.\n\nBUT THE BEST part? Showing our youth\u2014and the ones who came before\u2014what \”I AM SOMEBODY\” means. Samuel L. Jackson honored the life of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson with a riveting speech channeling that iconic mantra, reminding us our worth was never up for debate. From civil rights firebrand to cultural cornerstone, Jesse’s legacy lives through these moments of unshakeable Black pride.\n\nBlkCosmo fam, this is legacy in motion\u2014who felt that Samuel fire most? \ud83d\udc51\ud83d\ude4c\n\n#NAACPImageAwards #SamuelLJackson #RevJesseJackson #IAmSomebody #BlkCosmoLegacy”,”delight_ranges”:[],”image_ranges”:[],”inline_style_ranges”:[],”aggregated_ranges”:[],”ranges”:[{“entity”:{“typename”:”Hashtag”,”__isEntity”:”Hashtag”,”url”:”https:\/\/www.socialmedia.com\/hashtag\/naacpimageawards?__eep=6″,”mobileUrl”:”https:\/\/m.socialmedia.com\/hashtag\/naacpimageawards”,”__isNode”:”Hashtag”,”id”:”487049341350412
What a NIGHT at the NAACP Image Awards—standing O’s for Michael B. Jordan & Delroy Lindo after BAFTA’s racist mess, MBJ dedicating Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture to Chadwick Boseman, Delroy turning pain into power (“negative becoming positive”), and Regina Hall shouting out our kings with pure love. From Sinners solidarity to unapologetic Black joy, Hollywood showed UP.
BUT THE BEST part? Showing our youth—and the ones who came before—what “I AM SOMEBODY” means. Samuel L. Jackson honored the life of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson with a riveting speech channeling that iconic mantra, reminding us our worth was never up for debate. From civil rights firebrand to cultural cornerstone, Jesse’s legacy lives through these moments of unshakeable Black pride.
BlkCosmo fam, this is legacy in motion—who felt that Samuel fire most?
#NAACPImageAwards #SamuelLJackson #RevJesseJackson #IAmSomebody #BlkCosmoLegacy
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