John Legend, Tessa Thompson and 1,000 other Black artists in the entertainment industry are coming together to put an end to the racial injustice.
Dubbing themselves the “Black Artists For Freedom”, the group released a statement in honour of Juneteenth, calling for all cultural institutions to make changes in order to eliminate racism.
Along with Legend and Thompson, Sterling K. Brown, Niecy Nash, Gabrielle Union, Trevor Noah, Ava DuVernay, Barry Jenkins, Lena Waithe, Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo are among signees.
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