NAACP Image Awards
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NAACP Image Awards
Excellence in film, television, music, and
Awarded for
literature by outstanding people of color
Presented by NAACP
Country United States
First awarded 1970
Official website
The NAACP Image Awards is an award presented annually by the American National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding people of color
in film, television, music, and literature.
Similar to other awards, like the Oscars and the Grammys, the 35 categories of Image
Awards are voted on by members of the NAACP. There are also honorary awards,
including the President's Award, the Chairman's Award, Entertainer of the Year and The
Image Award Hall of Fame.
The awards were first presented in 1969. The awards series, normally broadcast on a tape
delay and aired by Fox Network, was broadcast live for the first time in 2007 for the 38th
edition of the awards show. It was first nationally televised in 1974. The ceremonies
usually take place in or around the Los Angeles area in February or early March.
Contents
[hide]
• 1 Past Shows
• 2 Controversy
• 3 Award categories
o 3.1 Motion picture
o 3.2 Television
o 3.3 Music
o 3.4 Literature
o 3.5 Special awards
• 4 External links
• 5 References
[edit] Past Shows
Year Day Host Location
1970
1972 November
1974 January 19 Hollywood Palladium
1982 December 5 Robert Guillaume Hollywood Palladium
1984 December 4
1987 Debbie Allen/Denzel Washington
1996 Whitney Houston/Denzel Washington
Pasadena Civic
1997 February 8 Arsenio Hall/Patti LaBelle
Auditorium
1998 February 14 Vanessa L. Williams/Gregory Hines
Pasadena Civic
1999 February 14 Mariah Carey/Blair Underwood
Auditorium
Pasadena Civic
2000 February 12 Diana Ross
Auditorium
Universal
2001 February 23 Chris Tucker
Amphitheatre
Universal
2002 March 3 Chris Tucker
Amphitheatre
Universal
2003 March 8 Cedric the Entertainer
Amphitheatre
Tracee Ellis Ross/Golden Brooks/Persia Universal
2004 March 6
White/Jill Marie Jones Amphitheater
Dorothy Chandler
2005 March 25 Chris Tucker
Pavilion
2006 March 3 Cuba Gooding, Jr. Shrine Auditorium
2007 March 2 LL Cool J Shrine Auditorium
2008 February 14 D.L. Hughley Shrine Auditorium
[edit] Controversy
The NAACP Image Awards have sometimes been the subject of controversy due to
claims that certain nominees did not deserve to be honored by the NAACP. For example,
in 1994, Tupac Shakur was a nominee for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for the
film Poetic Justice although he had been charged in December 1993 with sexually
abusing a woman.[1] In 2004, R. Kelly's Chocolate Factory was nominated for
Outstanding Album[2] although he was under indictment at the time for charges related to
child pornography.[3]
Other nominees have faced controversy due to their portrayals of major civil rights
figures. In 2003, the movie Barbershop received five nominations including Outstanding
Motion Picture and Cedric the Entertainer as Outstanding Supporting Actor. The film had
been criticized because Cedric's character in the film makes unflattering remarks about
Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Jesse Jackson.[4] The rap group OutKast received
six nominations in 2004 but faced criticism because they had previously recorded a song
titled "Rosa Parks" which had resulted in them being sued by Parks over the use of her
name.[3]
[edit] Award categories
[edit] Motion picture
• Outstanding Motion Picture
• Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
• Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
• Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
• Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
[edit] Television
• Outstanding Drama Series
• Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
• Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
• Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
• Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
• Outstanding Director in a Drama Series
• Outstanding Writer in a Drama Series
• Outstanding Children's Program
• Outstanding Comedy Series
• Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
• Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
• Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
• Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
• Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
• Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
• Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special
• Outstanding News, Talk or Information - Series or Special
• Outstanding Variety - Series or Special
[edit] Music
• Outstanding New Artist
• Outstanding Female Artist
• Outstanding Male Artist
• Outstanding Duo or Group
• Outstanding Jazz Artist
• Outstanding Gospel Artist
• Outstanding Music Video
• Outstanding Song
• Outstanding Album
[edit] Literature
• Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction
• Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction
• Outstanding Literary Work, Children's
[edit] Special awards
• Chairman's Award
• President's Award
• Hall of Fame Award
• Entertainer of the Year
