Watch: Jesse Williams Delivers an INCREDIBLY POWERFUL Acceptance Speech at the 2016 BET Awards [Video]

BY: Denver Sean

Published 9 years ago

Jesse Williams was the recipient of the Humanitarian Award at the 2016 BET Awards and his acceptance speech was the highlight of the night.

The 34-year-old gave new definition to the meaning of ‘woke’ as he celebrated Blackness, Black women, and Black culture.

Check out an excerpt:

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Watch Jesse’s speech in its entirety below. ~~Check back later for a full transcript.~~ Transcript added after the video.

Read “2016 BET Humanitarian Award Speech” by Jesse Williams on Genius

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