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Chadwick Boseman Wins Posthumous Golden Globe, Wife Simone Ledward Gives Emotional Acceptance Speech on His Behalf

Chadwick Boseman has been awarded a posthumous Golden Globe award for his work in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

The late actor was nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama and his outstanding work earned him the nomination. His wife, Simone Ledward, gave an extremely emotional speech in his honor.

“He would thank God. He would thank his parents. He would thank his ancestors for their guidance and their sacrifices,” she said. “He would say something beautiful, something inspiring, something that would amplify that little voice inside of all of us that tells us you can that tells you to keep going that calls you back to what you are meant to be doing at this moment in history.”

Watch the emotional speech embedded below.

If you don’t know, Chadwick passed in late August of 2020 after secretly battling cancer.

Our continued thoughts are with his family and loved ones.