LaTanya Richardson Jackson delivered a brief but powerful message at Essence’s Black Women in Hollywood luncheon Thursday, where she was honored alongside Kerry Washington, Chase Infiniti and the women of Sinners at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
“Work hard, I can’t reiterate that enough,” said Richardson Jackson. “You have to work hard. Work to know your business and then learn who and what. Then be bold enough to make space for the unimaginable, and then be brave enough to embrace it. This is really going to sound deep, but think about it. Learn the language of the invisible so that your presence always speaks,” she added before acknowledging her fellow honorees and delivering final remarks: “Wake up, stay woke, because we who believe in freedom will not rest until it comes.”
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