the actor had died after a battle with colon cancer, the former President of the United States wrote on Twitter: ‘Chadwick came to the White House to work with kids when he was playing Jackie Robinson. ‘You could tell right away that he was blessed.
To be young, gifted, and Black; to use that power to give them heroes to look up to; to do it all while in pain – what a use of his years.’Michelle also shared a heartfelt post, adding: ‘Only Chadwick could embody Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall, and T’Challa. ‘He, too, knew what it meant to persevere.
To summon real strength. And he belongs right there with them as a hero—for Black kids and for all our kids. ‘There’s no better gift to give our world.’Only Chadwick could embody Jackie.
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