WNBA star Brittney Griner known as on People to “hold combating” simply months after her launch from Russian jail throughout an tackle on the 54th NAACP Picture Awards.
Griner, who was imprisoned for months on drug fees in Russia final 12 months, made the highly effective name alongside her spouse Cherelle Griner in an look that made NBA icon Dwyane Wade emotional within the viewers on Saturday.
“It feels so good to be right here, particularly with my stunning, superb spouse and with all of y’all right here immediately,” the WNBA star mentioned.
“I wish to thank everybody and let’s hold combating to convey residence each American nonetheless detained abroad.”
Moments earlier than the WNBA star’s tackle, Cherelle Griner thanked Black girls and Black-led organizations “who fought so onerous” for Griner’s launch in December.
The ceremony’s host Queen Latifah launched Griner and her spouse previous to their temporary look and mentioned she was “again right here with us the place she belongs.”
She later hugged Latifah and bumped her first following the change.
The 32-year-old basketball star not too long ago signed to a one-year contract extension with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, the staff that drafted her with the No. 1 choose within the 2013 draft.
Griner has made plenty of public appearances since her launch together with her attendance on the WM Phoenix Open earlier this month.
She’s additionally used her time within the wake of her scary ordeal final 12 months to name for the discharge of Paul Whelan, an American who has been incarcerated in Russia.
“I hope you’ll be part of me in writing to Paul Whelan and persevering with to advocate for different People to be rescued and returned to their households,” she wrote on Instagram days earlier than Christmas.
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