Actress Kali Hawk Celebrates Black History Month and Gives a Lesson in Johnny Depp’s ‘Black’ History

In 2013, during promotion of Johnny Depp’s flop, I mean film, The Lone Ranger, it was alleged that Depp was a descendant of Elizabeth Key Grinstead, the first slave in the American colonies to sue for her freedom and win.

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Now, when you go to check the original Ancestry.com article that supposedly posted the findings, it doesn’t exist. But there’s still a citation on Key’s Wikipedia page that includes Depp as one of her ancestors.

There’s no doubt that Grinstead should be a celebrated figure during Black History Month, but actress Kali Hawk probably should have celebrated her on Instagram instead of posting a picture of Depp.

There’s no other proof—besides an Associated Press article that cites the now deleted Ancestry.com article—that Depp is actually a descendant of hers. And there are also plenty of photos of Grinstead that can be found with a simple Google search that could have been used.

But I digress.

Happy Black History Month, Johnny Depp!