*Jesse Williams’ acceptance speech at the BET Awards has become the inspiration for a new poem published Thursday by The Color Purple author Alice Walker. Titled “Here It Is,” Walker, 72, writes about ...

One of our most wondrous and prolific living authors and activists, Alice Walker, wrote a poem inspired by actor Jesse Williams’ brilliant BET Humanitarian Award acceptance speech. Suggested Reading ...

Her poem, "Here It Is," has already been shared thousands of times since she posted it on her website on Thursday. Read the poem in full below. Williams, who delivered his politically-charged speech ...

Jesse Williams has already moved many with his passionate speech at the BET Awards on Sunday and now he has inspired Alice Walker, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple, to pen a poem ...