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Samuel L. Jackson was the recipient of the distinguished chairman’s award at this 12 months’s NAACP Picture Awards. On Saturday, the 73-year-old actor was honored for his profession in movie and theater, which spans over 4 a long time. Throughout his acceptance speech, Jackson took the chance to talk about the significance of utilizing your voice and voting.
“We are able to put our legs, our our bodies, and our voices to work to make it possible for folks do get out and vote.”
“I have been lucky sufficient to develop up in lots of completely different areas the place I had the chance to make use of my voice, my legs, my physique to combat for issues that had been proper — from civil rights to the Vietnam Conflict to Morehouse School and lots of different issues that wanted fixing and altering, and we obtained it completed,” Jackson stated. “And proper now, we nonetheless have issues that we have to do. Crucial factor being the Voting Rights Act. I do know we will not change that, however we will put our legs, our our bodies, and our voices to work to make it possible for folks do get out and vote it doesn’t matter what they do to maintain us from doing it.”
All through his profession, Jackson has appeared in over 100 movies, together with “Pulp Fiction,” “Jungle Fever,” “RoboCop,” “True Romance,” “The Hateful Eight,” “Do the Proper Factor,” “Goodfellas,” “Star Wars,” “The Avengers,” and so many extra. He now joins the ranks of previous chairman’s award honorees, resembling late US Congressman John Lewis, Danny Glover, Tyler Perry, Barack Obama, and Congresswoman Maxine Waters.
“Many may not know that previous to his performing profession, Jackson was a staunch activist throughout the Civil Rights Motion within the Sixties, even serving as an usher at Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral,” Leon W. Russell, chairman of the NAACP Nationwide Board of Administrators, stated in an announcement. “His continued public service and advocacy for social change make him a superb recipient for the chairman’s award.” Watch Jackson’s speech beneath.
