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  • 3/8/2024
Singer & Actress Halle Bailey accepts her award at 'Black Women In Hollywood. "Essence, sweet Essence. You have been the steady light in the fog guiding us to safety."
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00:00 I look out into your faces and I see myself and that for me is a really, really proud moment.
00:06 But we didn't get here overnight, right? For decades, those that came before us have had it
00:14 rougher, tougher, harsher, and have been dragged over the jagged rocks of a petrified and bouldered
00:21 shoreline to make this room not just a possibility but a dream fulfilled for many of us. An essence
00:30 oh sweet essence you have been the steady light in the fog guiding us to safety.

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