Today was a crazy day because the black hero went to be with the Lord. I woke up in the morning before doing anything I put on data to find out what is happening in the country and the world at large. I was shocked to my core, my eyes couldn’t see properly as they well all filled with tears. Tears started streaming down my face uncontrollably without stopping. I continued looking at his picture and wondered why he was taken so soon. I woke up my friend to inform her of what had happened and she was as surprised and shocked as I was.
Chadwick Boseman was a hero that the black community had waited for so long and he broke all the stereotypes that surrounded the leading men in the film industry. As a comic fanatic, never have I ever seen a black here until Chadwick, things changed when black panther went global and one of the best selling movie Marvel has ever released. so many things changed and I was as happy as I could be with Wakanda forever. He did not only influence the black community but all people of color. Now knowing that he was sick even makes me admire him more. He didn’t let his sickness deter him from giving us the best of Chadwick, so inspiring.
As I cried in the morning, I asked myself why am I crying for a man who I did not even know personally, and as I was still wondering, I remembered purpose. He was sick but never told anyone in the media because he wanted to live his purpose and not seek sympathy. I call that determination. I was crying because even though I never met him, he impacted my life with his awesome acting and humanitarian activities. He had a heart of gold and he gave all the black and colored communities hope that they too can be a hero. That is a legacy.
This made me think of myself and how I am living my life. which legacy I am leaving behind? I would like you to ask yourself the same question. What are you doing that is impacting positively on others? How you want to be remembered is worked upon today. Don’t wait until things get better because they may never get better. Learn from Chadwick today that despite having such terminal illness, he never let it come between his purpose.
Chadwick Aaron Boseman (November 29, 1976 – August 28, 2020) was an American actor. His roles included important and iconic African-American historical figures such as Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013), James Brown in Get on Up (2014), and Thurgood Marshall in Marshall (2017). His role as the superhero Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, including Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019) made him an international star. He won a NAACP Image Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance in Black Panther.
Boseman’s other film roles included 21 Bridges (2019) and Spike Lee‘s Da 5 Bloods (2020). His final film will be the film adaptation of August Wilson‘s play Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom also starring Viola Davis, which will be released on Netflix. He died on August 28, 2020, after privately dealing with colon cancer for four years. (From Google)
R.I.P Chadwick Boseman the Wakanda king. Your legacy remains
Great people are born to be legacy Maker’s.
MHSRIP
Its Pleasure to have shared with you …
Am absolutely captured
I will tell my grand kids that there lived a king, whose legacy roared like a lion. Chadwick will be missed.