Chadwick Boseman: “There is no BLACK PANTHER without Denzel Washington”

[Applause] ladies and gentlemen Chadwick Boseman [Applause] I know personally that your generosity extends past what you have given on the stage and screen many of you already know the story that mr. Washington when asked by phylicia rashad to join her in assisting nine theatre students from Howard University who had been accepted to a summer acting program at the British Academy of Dramatic acting in Oxford he gracefully and privately agreed to contribute as fate would have it I was one of the students that he paid for imagine receiving the letter that your tuition for that summer

was paid for and that your benefactor was none other than the dopest act on the planet I have no doubt that there are similar stories that Boys and Girls Clubs and theaters and churches across the country where I know you have also inspired and motivated others and offering former sage and a king it's more than silver and gold it is the seed of Hope a bud of faith there is no black panther without Denzel Washington and not just because of me but my whole caste that generation stands on your shoulders the daily battles won the

thousand territories gained the many sacrifices you made for the culture on film sets through your career the things you refused to compromise along the way lay the blueprints for us to follow and so now let he who has water the water that he who has given be given to it is an honor to now know you to learn from you and join in this work with you may God bless you exceedingly and abundantly more and what's in store than he ever has before god bless you