On Sunday (June 7), former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were among a group of celebrities who virtually honored the graduating high school class of 2020.
“You have arrived, here in the middle of a global crisis, a racial pandemic and worldwide expression of outrage at the senseless killing of yet another unarmed Black human being.
The killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and so many others have left us all broken,” Beyoncé added.
You have arrived, here in the middle of a global crisis, a racial pandemic and worldwide expression of outrage at the senseless killing of yet another unarmed Black human being.
One of the main purposes of my art for many years has been dedicated to showing the beauty of Black people to the world: our history, our profundity, and the value of Black lives.