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Black Panther and Tennessee State shine at MTV movie awards

On Monday night Howard graduate Chadwick Boseman won the “Best Performance in a Movie” award at the MTV Movie Awards for his performance in Black Panther.  Hardly a surprise but what he did while on stage did catch some off guard.

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During his acceptance speech, Boseman brought a real-life Superhero onto the stage. James Shaw Jr., a Tennessee State alum, surprisingly accepted the invitation onto the stage.

Boseman gave his “golden popcorn statue” to Shaw to keep while heaping praise on him. Back in April, the 29-year-old  wrestled an AR-15 assault rifle from a gunman who burst into an Antioch, Tenn. Waffle House and opened fire.

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“You didn’t even know we were about to do this,” Chadwick laughed as the crowd erupted in applause. “If you don’t know James — he fought off a gunman in Antioch, Tennessee … a Waffle House. He saved lives.

“So this is gonna live at your house. God bless you man.”

Shaw set up a GoFundMe page in the aftermath of the shooting for the victims and their families.  In May, he presented a check of more than $241,000 to the families, and injured victims, at a private ceremony at Tennessee State University.

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