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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 25: President & CEO of NAACP Derrick Johnson speaks onstage at the NAACP Image Awards Nominees Brunch at Fairmont Century Plaza on February 25, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for NAACP) *The NAACP celebrated the stellar achievements of the “55th NAACP Image Awards” nominees […]

Los Angeles-based attorney Kamilah Moore shared information about the California Reparations Task Force and the importance of the NAACP. Oct. 27, 2023. CBM photo by Antonio Ray Harvey. *The NAACP California-Hawaii State Conference (Cal-Hi NAACP) held its 36th annual State Convention at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront Hotel. The convention featured a series […]

*LOS ANGELES, CA – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP) and TV One, a television network dedicated to the best of black culture and entertainment, today announced that the 49th NAACP Image Awards will be nationally telecast live on TV One on Monday, January 15, 2018, the federal holiday marking the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  The two-hour special will also include a live pre-show from the star-studded red carpet. “The NAACP is proud to air our 49th Image Awards live telecast on the nation’s most significant civil rights day of the year celebrating the life and achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,” said NAACP National Board of Directors Chairman Leon W. Russell.  “In alignment with The National Martin Luther King Day of Service, we are encouraging our nominees, celebrity presenters and performers, network representatives, staff, directors, trustees, sponsors, and branches and units in all 50 states to join us in a day of citizen action volunteer service in honor of Dr. King.  As the nation commemorates the 50th anniversary of his assassination on April 4, 1968, we are reminded of the ageless principles of non-violence, truth and justice, humility, and service that he taught all Americans.” In addition, the call for submissions for the 49th NAACP Image Awards begins. Submissions for the 49th NAACP Image Awards may be submitted at NAACPImageAwards.net in the categories of motion picture, television, recording, and literature. Nominees will be announced the week of November 13 and the winners will be determined by the vote of the NAACP membership. The eligibility period for all projects is January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017. Motion picture category projects (and individual achievements within it) must have been initially released and distributed in the U.S. with a minimum commercial theatrical run in Los Angeles or New York for seven (7) consecutive days. All entries are evaluated and narrowed to the top five in each category by the members of the NAACP Image Awards Nominating Committees which are comprised of individuals within the entertainment industry (studio/networking executives, actors, artists, managers, agents, publicists, journalists, literary agents, and others) and NAACP Board Members, NAACP Foundation Trustees, staff and key interfaces. AMC Theatres is the 49th NAACP Image Awards Submissions sponsor. Following are the key calendar dates for the 49th NAACP Image Awards: August 1 – Submissions process opens for the 49th NAACP Image Awards October 6 – Submissions process closes for the 49th NAACP Image Awards October 25 – Nominating Committee voting opens for the 49th NAACP Image Awards November 9 – Nominating Committee voting closes for the 49th NAACP Image Awards Week of November 13 – Nominees Announced for the 49th  NAACP Image Awards; Final Voting  opens for the 49th NAACP Image Awards Week of December 11 – Final Voting closes for the 49th NAACP Image Awards Monday, January 15, 2018 – 49thNAACP Red Carpet and Image Awards Airs Live on TV One The NAACP Image Awards is the most respected event of its kind and is well attended by many of the top names in the entertainment industry.  In recent years some of the biggest names in film, television and music appeared including Denzel Washington, Oprah, John Legend, Viola Davis, Anthony Anderson, Dwayne Johnson, Gabrielle Union, Kevin Hart, Stevie Wonder, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Gina Rodriguez, Chrissy Teigen, Kerry Washington, Nate Parker, Morris Chestnut, Ice Cube, LL Cool J, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tika Sumpter, Keegan-Michael Key, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Tracee Ellis Ross, Laurence Fishburne, Spike Lee, Loretta Devine, Shonda Rhimes, Omari Hardwick, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Don Cheadle, Sanaa Lathan, Keke Palmer, Michael Ealy, Ken Jeong, Sylvester Stallone, Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Jussie Smollett, Gabourey Sidibe, Lee Daniels, Danny Strong, Trevor Noah, and more. The NAACP Image Awards is the preeminent multicultural awards show, from an African American point of view. It celebrates the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film, and also honors individuals or groups who promote social justice through creative endeavors. For all information and the latest news, please visit the official NAACP Image Awards website at: https://www.naacpimageawards.net. FB: /naacpimageaward | Twitter: @naacpimageaward (#ImageAwards) ###   About NAACP: Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest nonpartisan civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities. Read more about the NAACP’s work and our six “Game Changer” issue areas at NAACP.org.   About TV One: Launched in January 2004, TV One serves 59 million households, offering a broad range of real-life and entertainment-focused original programming, classic series, movies and music designed to entertain and inform a diverse audience of adult black viewers. The network represents the best in black culture and entertainment with fan favorite shows Unsung, Rickey Smiley For Real, Fatal Attraction, The Manns and The NAACP Image Awards.  In addition, TV One is the cable home of blockbuster drama Empire, and NewsOne Now, the only live daily news program dedicated to black viewers. In December 2008, the company launched TV One High Def, which now serves 14 million households. TV One is solely owned by Urban One, Inc., formerly known as Radio One, Inc. , the largest African-American owned multi-media company primarily targeting Black and urban audiences. For more information about TV One, viewers can join the conversation by visiting the network’s companion website at www.tvone.tv>. TV One viewers can also join the conversation by connecting via social media on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.   About AMC Theatres: AMC is the largest movie exhibition company in the U.S., in Europe and throughout the world with approximately […]

NAACP Chairman’s Award Goes to Eight @ Annual Image Awards *Los Angeles, CA – This year the Chairman of the NAACP National Board of Directors, Roslyn M. Brock, will present the prestigious NAACP Chairman’s Award to individuals and organizations who have used their distinct platforms to be agents of change. The NAACP Chairman’s Award recipients […]

The 48th NAACP Image Awards will be nationally telecast live on TV One on Saturday, February 11, 2017 as a two-hour special from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. *Telecast will also include a Pre-Show Airing Live from the Red Carpet Los Angeles, CA – August 25, 2016 – The National Association for the Advancement of […]

Two-Hour Special to Air LIVE on Saturday, February 11, 2017 on TV One *LOS ANGELES, CA – NAACP Image Awards Committee Chair, Leonard James, III, today announced the Call for Submissions for the 48th NAACP Image Awards. The NAACP Image Awards is recognized as the nation’s pre-eminent multi-cultural awards show from an African American point of […]

The cast and crew of ‘Empire’ accept the Outstanding Drama Series during the 47th NAACP Image Awards. *The winners of the “47th NAACP Image Awards” were announced Friday night (02-05-16) during the live broadcast from Pasadena Civic Auditorium which aired on TV One (9-11 p.m. ET live/PT tape-delayed). The two-hour live special was hosted by […]

2022 NAACP Image Awards *BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Today, the full list of nominees for the “53rd NAACP Image Awards” were announced in a special virtual event on NAACP’s Instagram channel hosted by actress and musician Kyla Pratt, “Black-ish” actor Marcus Scribner and singer-songwriter Tinashe (@naacpimageawards). The winners will be revealed during the two-hour […]

[…] hung in the air, as more than 100 people filed in to see the swearing-in of the newest officers and Executive Committee members of the Compton (CA) NAACP. Paulette Simpson-Gipson, the first female President of the Compton NAACP, will once again be at the helm, leading the fight for social justice, for an 8th […]

*LOS ANGELES, CA – The 50th NAACP Image Awards will air LIVE on TV One, a division of Urban One, Inc., on March 30, 2019. For the first time ever, the telecast will take place from the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California. The announcement was made today by NAACP National Board of Directors Chairman Leon […]

*Baltimore — The NAACP, the country’s original and largest social justice organization and Airbnb, the world’s leading hospitality company, today launched a landmark partnership that will help spread the economic benefits of home sharing to more communities. Under the new partnership, Airbnb and the NAACP will conduct targeted outreach to communities of color to […]

*Today, the NAACP unveiled the full list of “55th NAACP Image Awards” nominees with Netflix and Amazon leading the pack with 55 and 27 nominations respectively. The winners will be revealed during the two–hour LIVE TV special, airing Saturday, March 16, 2024, at 8:00 PM ET/ PT on BET and CBS. Colman Domingo leads the […]

Anthony Anderson hosted the 52nd NAACP Image Awards *(LOS ANGELES) – Following the week-long virtual experience, Saturday night, the NAACP celebrated the stellar achievements of the 52nd NAACP Image Awards winners during a special LIVE broadcast on BET and simulcast across ViacomCBS networks including CBS for its first time, as well as BET Her, […]

Barbara Lee *In the words of W. E. B. Du Bois, a trailblazer in the founding of the NAACP, “The power of the ballot we need in sheer self-defense — else what shall save us from a second slavery? Freedom, too, the long-sought, we still seek — the freedom of life and limb, the […]

[…] Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series (‘Empire’ – FOX) and Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture (‘Hidden Figures’ – 20th Century Fox) *The winners of the “48th  NAACP Image Awards” were announced tonight during the live broadcast from Pasadena Civic Auditorium which aired on TV One. The two-hour live special was hosted by Anthony Anderson. There was a live pre-show from the red carpet hosted by Nischelle Turner and Terrence Jenkins including Tai Beauchamp and Chris Spencer as special correspondents. NAACP Chairwoman Roslyn Brock presented the NAACP Chairman’s Award to Harvard Law Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. NAACP President Cornell William Brooks presented the NAACP President’s Award to Lonnie G. Bunch, III. Some of the biggest names in film, television and music appeared including: Taraji P. Henson, Denzel Washington, Dwayne Johnson, Kerry Washington, Tracee Ellis Ross, Nate Parker, Niecy Nash, Omari Hardwick, Regina King, Mandy Moore, John Legend, Terrence Howard, Angela Bassett, Sterling K. Brown, Octavia Spencer, Trevor Noah, Janelle Monae, Issa Rae, Mike Colter, Mykelti Williamson, Adam Rodriguez, Rashida Jones, Bill Paxton, Brian White, Deon Cole, Jussie Smollett, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Justin Cornwell, Nick Kroll, Penny Johnson, Pooch Hall, Don Cheadle, Keesha Sharp, Andra Day, Kofi Siriboe, Rutina Wesley, Stephan James, Tika Sumpter and Uzo Aduba. Also appeared were cast members from Empire, This Is Us, Atlanta, The Carmichael Show, Power, black-ish, Queen Sugar, and more. Denzel Washington (Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture / ‘Fences’ – Paramount Pictures) The winners of the “48th NAACP Image Awards” in the non-televised categories were announced during a gala dinner celebration that took place Friday, February 10, 2017, at the Pasadena Civic Center Ballroom – the event was hosted by Erica Ash and Deon Cole. The NAACP Image Awards production team included Executive Producers Reginald Hudlin and Phil Gurin, Tony McCuin was the Director, Kimmie H. Kim and Byron Phillips were Co-Producers, and Robin Reinhardt was Talent Producer. Cree Summer was the in-show announcer. The NAACP Image Awards is the premiere multicultural awards show. It celebrates the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film, and also honors individuals or groups who promote social justice through creative endeavors. Nominees for the NAACP Image Awards are determined by the number of entries received by the deadline. To be eligible, projects must have had a national distribution date between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2016.  From those entries, a nominating committee selects five nominees in each of the 56 categories. To determine the winners, the members of the NAACP vote via a secured online site. The results are tabulated by the Image Awards auditors, Bert Smith & Co., and the results are confidential until the envelope is opened LIVE on stage during the TV One telecast on Saturday, February 11, 2017.   Below are all of the winners for the 48th NAACP Image Awards. Television Categories Outstanding Comedy Series “`black-ish” (ABC)   Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Anthony Anderson – “`black-ish” (ABC)   Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series Tracee Ellis Ross – “`black-ish” (ABC)   Outstanding Drama Series “Queen Sugar” (OWN:  Oprah Winfrey Network)   Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series Sterling K. Brown  – “This Is Us” (NBC)   Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Taraji P. Henson – “Empire” (FOX)   Motion Picture Categories Outstanding Motion Picture “Hidden Figures” (20th Century Fox)   Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Denzel Washington – “Fences” (Paramount Pictures)   Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Taraji P. Henson – “Hidden Figures” (20th Century Fox)   Entertainer of the Year Dwayne Johnson   The winners from last night’s “48th NAACP Image Awards Non-Televised Awards Dinner” are below. Special encore presentations of the show will air on TV One at: Tonight – 11:05 PM ET, Sun. Feb. 12 at 10am & 6:05PM ET, Wed. Feb. 15 at 9:30am ET, Thurs. Feb. 16 at 4pm & 12am ET. For all information and latest news, please visit the official NAACP Image Awards website at https://www.naacpimageawards.net. FB: /naacpimageaward | Twitter: @naacpimageaward | Social Hashtag: #ImageAwards   ###   About NAACP: Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest nonpartisan civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities. Read more about the NAACP’s work and our six “Game Changer” issue areas at NAACP.org.   About TV One: Launched in January 2004, TV One serves more than 60 million households, offering a broad range of real-life and entertainment-focused original programming, classic series, movies and music designed to entertain and inform a diverse audience of adult black viewers. The network represents the best in black culture and entertainment with fan favorite shows Unsung, Rickey Smiley For Real, Fatal Attraction, Hollywood Divas and The NAACP Image Awards. In addition, TV One is the cable home of blockbuster drama Empire, and NewsOne Now, the only live daily news program dedicated to black viewers. In December 2008, the company launched TV One High Def, which now serves 14 million households. TV One is solely owned by Radio One , the largest radio company that primarily targets Black and urban listeners. For more information about TV One, viewers can join the conversation by visiting the network’s companion website at www.tvone.tv>. TV One viewers can also join the conversation by connecting via social media on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (@tvonetv) using the hash tag #REPRESENT and catch clips […]