Boseman's thrilling speech after Black Panther award

After Black Panther took home the top prize at the SAG Awards, Chadwick Boseman delivered this rousing speech about being black in Hollywood.

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00:00To be young gifted and black we all know what it's like to be told that there is not a

00:07Place for you to be featured yet. You are young gifted and black

00:23We know what it's like to be told

00:25To say there's not a screen for you to be featured on a stage for you to be featured on

00:30We know what it's like to be the tail and not the head

00:33We know what it's like to be beneath and not above

00:37And that is what we went to work with every day

00:42because we knew

00:44Not that we would be around during award season if that it would make a billion dollars, but we knew that we had something special

00:56You

01:01You know all of us are our actors we here as actors to celebrate

01:06Acting and celebrate the craft and celebrate what it means to be a Thespian

01:12And it's difficult to do that for everyone it's a difficult task

01:17But our task historically has not been the same because you know

01:22We've been relegated to playing the sidekick or the sideshow or

01:29Backstage or not here altogether