Here are the pictures from the best of African American Hollywood:
![Lena Waithe](https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-img.essence.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fpronto_original%2Fpublic%2F1519942163%2FGettyImages-926018556.jpg%3Fitok%3DkAg7EdC9&w=800&q=85)
![Yvette Nicole Brown](https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-img.essence.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fpronto_original%2Fpublic%2F1519934330%2FGettyImages-925982782_master.jpg%3Fitok%3DwC5vYBGv&w=800&q=85)
![Amandla Stenberg](https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-img.essence.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fpronto_original%2Fpublic%2F1519934330%2FGettyImages-925983208_master.jpg%3Fitok%3DeWW2xF9_&w=800&q=85)
![Susan Kelechi Watson](https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-img.essence.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fpronto_original%2Fpublic%2F1519940967%2FGettyImages-926005390.jpg%3Fitok%3D1MoEe-QW&w=800&q=85)
![Yvonne Orji](https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-img.essence.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fpronto_original%2Fpublic%2F1519938990%2FGettyImages-926003362.jpg%3Fitok%3DJVOBUCgx&w=800&q=85)
![Lupita Nyong'o](https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-img.essence.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fpronto_original%2Fpublic%2F1519937746%2FGettyImages-925995994.jpg%3Fitok%3DndI947li&w=800&q=85)
![Dewanda Wise](https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-img.essence.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fpronto_original%2Fpublic%2F1519942163%2FGettyImages-926014796.jpg%3Fitok%3DUQaDJUAi&w=800&q=85)
![Tiffany Haddish](https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-img.essence.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fpronto_original%2Fpublic%2F1519937395%2FGettyImages-925994052.jpg%3Fitok%3Dmc5UrQDi&w=800&q=85)
![Chloe x Halle](https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-img.essence.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fpronto_original%2Fpublic%2F1519934330%2FGettyImages-925982382_master.jpg%3Fitok%3D91GvLyR1&w=800&q=85)
![<p>Tessa Thompson</p>](https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-img.essence.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fpronto_original%2Fpublic%2Fimage%2F2018%2F03%2Fmain%2Frexfeatures_9446237e.jpg%3Fitok%3DMla-9V2M&w=800&q=85)
![Simone Missick](https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-img.essence.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fpronto_original%2Fpublic%2F1519935761%2FGettyImages-925985340_master.jpg%3Fitok%3DBbJvynfv&w=800&q=85)
![Loni Love](https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-img.essence.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fpronto_original%2Fpublic%2F1519935761%2FGettyImages-925986298_master.jpg%3Fitok%3Db6l0dY9y&w=800&q=85)
![June Ambrose](https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-img.essence.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fpronto_original%2Fpublic%2F1519935761%2FGettyImages-925986446_master.jpg%3Fitok%3DjbcZEjAq&w=800&q=85)
![Angela Bassett](https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-img.essence.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fpronto_original%2Fpublic%2F1519937281%2Frexfeatures_9446237g.jpg%3Fitok%3DfqDADfPp&w=800&q=85)
![Danai Gurira](https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-img.essence.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fpronto_original%2Fpublic%2F1519937281%2Frexfeatures_9446237n.jpg%3Fitok%3Dw0nHvAlD&w=800&q=85)
![Tina Lawson](https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-img.essence.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fpronto_original%2Fpublic%2F1519937281%2Frexfeatures_9446237k.jpg%3Fitok%3DHk7LiUmS&w=800&q=85)
![Adrienne C. Moore](https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-img.essence.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fpronto_original%2Fpublic%2F1519937281%2FGettyImages-925992686.jpg%3Fitok%3DGkqiVnVm&w=800&q=85)
![Gabourey Sidibie](https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-img.essence.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fpronto_original%2Fpublic%2F1519937281%2Frexfeatures_9446237b.jpg%3Fitok%3Do5wiL-y3&w=800&q=85)
![Janelle Monae](https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-img.essence.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fpronto_original%2Fpublic%2F1519937395%2FGettyImages-925993652.jpg%3Fitok%3D08CKBdo2&w=800&q=85)
pics from Essence.com
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