Michael B. Jordan Gives Powerful Black Lives Matter Speech at BET Awards 2015

Michael B. Jordan looks as dapper as ever while arriving at the 2015 BET Awards on Sunday (June 28) at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

The 28-year-old Fantastic Four actor was joined at the event by the young stars of Black-ish: Yara Shahidi, Marcus Scribner, and Miles Brown.

Michael hit the stage that evening and gave a powerful speech about Black Lives Matter.

FYI: Michael is wearing Sandro.

Click inside to read Michael B. Jordan’s full speech about Black Lives Matter…

We’d like to take a moment to send out prayers and strength to our people in Charleston, South Carolina, who have endured but are prevailing over a horrific act of domestic terrorism. But because of that amazing resilience, and forgiveness of that community, the acts of that madman are having the exact opposite effect that he intended. All over South Carolina, love is triumphing over hate, the way it should.

Every year, at the BET Awards, we shine a light on individuals who make extraordinary contributions to our community, but this year we’re going to shine a light in a different way. Tonight, we shine a light in honor of the many men, women, and children who stood up, held signs, marched, took to social media, got arrested, or even laid down in protest as a part of the Black Lives Matter movement. We are shining a light on all of you. We are shining a light on the people of Ferguson, Baltimore, New York, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Oakland, North Charleston, South Carolina, and McKinley, Texas, and everywhere else in this country where we’ve had to find the strength to fight through the sorrow of losing innocent lives while simultaneously demanding the justice we so richly deserve.

BET is shining a light on you, for taking to the streets, insisting that Black Lives Matter, and being a constant reminder that we are not yet where we intend to be. Black Lives Matter. You matter. We see you, and we applaud your unbreakable, unshakeable strength. Thank you.