While you might think Lupita Nyong'o was the talk of the Oscars weekend for winning Best Supporting Actress, it wasn't. Three days before at the Essence's Black Women in Hollywood luncheon, she gave a speech that put her audience in tears, went viral and stunned the world.
We select some of the most poignant lines from this speech:

While you might think Lupita Nyong'o was the talk of the Oscars weekend for winning Best Supporting Actress, it wasn't. Three days before at the Essence's Black Women in Hollywood luncheon, she gave a speech that put her audience in tears, went viral and stunned the world.nWe select some of the most poignant lines from this speech:

Lupita Nyong'o's moving ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood speech