Taylor Simone Ledward

Source: NBC / Getty Chadwick Boseman is no longer here with us, but his passing still hurts. The late actor won a posthumous Golden Globe Award for his role in director George C. Wolfe’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. His wife, Taylor Simone Ledward, tearfully accepted the award on his behalf. Many big moments happened for the culture during the awards show, but Simone Ledward’s speech brought out the emotion in everyone watching. Boseman took home the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for his portrayal as the fictional Jazz trumpeter Levee Green, representing the real-life history of Black music appropriation in America. During her speech, Simone Ledward fought back the tears as she tried to put the words together, speaking on behalf of her late hus...