At the 51st NAACP Image Awards. Rihanna — singer, actress, designer and beauty mogul — received the NAACP President’s Award for her commitment to giving back, then made an acceptance speech that encouraged everyone to encourage their friends of other races to “Pull Up” and help tackle problems facing African-Americans. The entertainer said: “This is their problem too…imagine what we could do together.”
Here’s her complete speech:
