Jesse Williams awarded BET Humanitarian Award : [Watch]

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It’s safe to say that the 34 year old Grey's Anatomy star Jesse Williams stole the BET Awards on Sunday night with a wildly inspirational, confrontational speech that is bound to become a cornerstone of the Black Lives Matter movement.

He began by thanking BET and all involved in the video that preceded his appearance, his wife and his parents “for teaching me to focus on comprehension over career, they made sure I learned what the schools are afraid to teach us.

Actor and activist Jesse Williams was awarded with the BET Humanitarian Award on June 26, 2016. Although known for his work on Grey’s Anatomy and other films, Williams is also a prominent member and leader of groups such as Black Lives Matter.

In October 2014, he joined protests in Ferguson to protest the shooting of Michael Brown. He was also an actor and executive producer of the 2016 documentary Stay Woke. He has written extensively on Black Lives Matter and met with President Obama earlier this year to discuss his humanitarian work.

Williams' eloquence and presence in the public sphere, has drawn comparisons with performers, social rights icon, and Martin Luther King confidant Harry Belafonte.

The speech was lauded as a defining speech of this generation’s struggle with racial issues. Samuel L. Jackson (who received a lifetime achievement award on the same night) said he hadn’t heard a speech like it since the 60s.





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