Don't ever let the glitz, glamour, and drama of the
Real Housewives of Atlanta fool you: Porsha Williams is a real one. Thanks to her grandfather, the late civil rights icon Hosea Williams, she has the spirit of protest and Black liberation in her blood. And while she definitely has an on-screen goofiness about her (think: that "titties social distancing" comeback), ever since the tragic death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, the 39-year-old reality star and entrepreneur has taken to the streets, showing just how serious and sharp she can be and has
always been—especially when those Bravo cameras are turned off.
Over the past few months, this dedication to peacefully fighting white supremacy and police brutality has even landed her in jail. On July 14, Williams traveled to Kentucky for Breonna Taylor—the 26-year-old Black woman shot and killed in her home in March after police broke into her apartment—to encourage Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron to finally charge the officers involved with her death. And on August 25, she was arrested again in Louisville, alongside
Love and Hip-Hop's Yandy Smith, rapper Mysonne Linen, and Until Freedom co-founder Linda Sarsour, as they again protested for justice for Breonna.
Just prior to her second arrest, ELLE.com sat down with Williams to talk about why she will never stop saying Breonna Taylor's name, advice for those feeling hopeless about the state of Black lives in America, and whether she believes the COVID-19 crisis and uprisings in the name of racial justice will change the tone of RHOA.
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