Chadwick Boseman delivered an inspirational speech at Howard University’s 2018 Commencement.

A few quotes are below:

“The fact that you have struggled with this university that you love is a sign that you can use your education to improve the world that you are entering.”

“Purpose is an essential element of you.
It is the reason you are on the planet at this particular time in history.”

“When I questioned that method of portrayal ( in a role earlier in his career ), a different path opened up to me… The path to my destiny.”

A video excerpt thanks to the folks at thisnow.com:

Dr. Chadwick Boseman is an American actor, born in Anderson, South Carolina, known for his portrayal of T’Challa in Black Panther (2018), as well as his portrayals of Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013), James Brown in Get on Up (2014), Thurgood Marshall in Marshall (2017). as well as major roles in other films in theater and television.

In Boseman’s junior year of high school, he wrote his first play, Crossroads. He graduated from Howard University in Washington, DC in 2000 with a bachelor of fine arts in directing. One of his teachers ( and mentor ) was Phylicia Rashad ( Clair Huxtable, from The Cosby Show (1984-92) ) At Howard’s Commencement this year, he received a Doctorate of Humane Letters, the university’s highest honor.