In this Jan. 27, 2019, file photo, Chadwick Boseman arrives at the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles. Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, died of cancer Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, in Los Angeles after a four-year battle with colon cancer. He was 43. Willy Sanjuan, Invision via Associated Press
By Readers' Forum, By Chadwick Boseman

Chadwick Boseman brought Black icons to life, from Jackie Robinson to James Brown to Thurgood Marshall. And then he showed Black kids that there is a superhero that looks like them and inspired them. He gave so much to many in his short time on Earth.

Chadwick Boseman, RIP.

Paul Bacon

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