If there was any doubt about Jesse Williams‘ trend setting qualities, his latest stream of tweets settles it. After journalist Jarrett Hill discovered that Donald Trump‘s wife Melania plagiarized portions of her keynote speech from Michelle Obama at the opening night of the Republican National Convention on Monday, Twitter went in for the kill, with Jesse Williams brilliantly […]
The time for change is now.
Social media blasted Wendy Williams for her comments about Jesse Williams‘ BET Black Lives Matter speech, HBCUs, and the NAACP after a clip from her show went viral this week. During Thursday’s edition of NewsOne Now, Roland Martin decided to educate the talk show host on the topics that have caused so many to raise […]
It's been a lit week for Jesse Williams following his passionate speech at last month's BET Awards.
Jesse Williams has, seemingly overnight, become one of the most important celebrity voices in the Black Lives Matter movement. Following news of Alton Sterling‘s death at the hands of police in Baton Rouge, the actor and activist took to Twitter to put those justifying the actions of the cops in their place as only he can: https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/750705238521188352 https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/750706994735034369 […]
If you are a Drake fan, then you know just how much he loves the ladies and never hesitates to show his appreciation for them, whether it be in his music or fashion choices. Never one to shy away from proclaiming just how awesome black women are, Drizzy was seen wearing a T-shirt that declared […]
Jesse Williams' riveting BET Awards acceptance speech has left about 9,000 people in their feelings, hence the Change.org petition which was launched to get the dreamy actor fired from ABC's Grey's Anatomy.
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Many were inspired by Jesse Williams‘ impassioned speech at last week’s BET Awards, and one of them is the critically acclaimed poet and novelist Alice Walker. The Pulitzer Prize winner (for her classic novel The Color Purple) has written a poem honoring the actor for his incredible speech which he delivered after winning the BET Humanitarian Award for […]
We knew this was coming. After Jesse Williams raised the roof on the BET Awards with a stirring speech about civil justice, Black pride and appropriation, Stacey Dash felt the need to flex her pen to retaliate against it, even going so far as to call him a “plantation slave” for his words. And that’s […]
