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Chadwick Bozeman showed kingship on-and-off big screen
by C uPid a lexander
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“Is this your King!” screams
Killmonger, played by Michael B.
Jordan in the Marvel Blackbuster
“Black Panther,” as he anti-hero-
ically lifts T’Challa – aka the Black
Panther – played by Chadwick
Boseman, above his head before de-
positing him into the a flowing river,
seemingly plunging T’Challa to his
death and simultaneously claiming
the fictitious Wakandan Kingdom
as his own.
Watching the cinematic artist-
ry unfold, it is an oddly positioned
move, as the movie’s namesake
- Black Panther - is seemingly dis-
pensed of callously, easily and early
into the film. And as disheartening
as this is to see, you know that the
greatness of “The Black Panther” is
yet to come. Even if you’re unsure
of how it will happen.
Life and art seem to imitate each
other. And much like the character
he portrayed on screen, Chadwick
Boseman was a king among men…
Chadwick Boseman in a scene from the Marvel superhero jugger-
naut “Black Panther” (Photo courtesy Marvel Studios-Disney)
a superhero…. a living legend, who
even upon his celestial entrance,
remains an ever looming and larg-
er figure. Stories of his actions, his
class, indeed his Kingly manner, are
being ever revealed, all while we re-
flect on his life.
And if there is one thing that is
clear, Chadwick Boseman, the man,
displayed kingly ‘tenets’, which
were brilliantly activated in his
portrayal of T’Challa. These tenets,
which we at Black Male Achieve-
ment Portland have noticed, align
parallel to our own mission, vision,
and values, are guides to leadership
that we feel are great to outline.
From the beginning of the film,
Black excellence is steeped in big
ideas, big dreams and both the
physical and artistic representation
of just that, a larger than present
life idea of the future. We see these
dreams manifested in everything
C ontinued on P age 12