Black Panther: Award Acceptance Speech

Chadwick Boseman was a Black actor, writer, and director known best for his film portrayals of Jackie Robinson (42, 2013), James Brown (Get on Up, 2014), and the titular superhero in the film Black Panther (2018). Boseman died in 2020 at the age of 43.

Watch Boseman’s memorable speech from the 2019 Screen Actors Guild Awards, where he talks about what it’s like to be “young, gifted and Black.”