- NAACP Image Award
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NAACP Image Award Awarded for Excellence in film, television, music, and literature by outstanding people of color Presented by NAACP Country United States First awarded 1967 Official website http://www.naacpimageawards.net/ An NAACP Image Award is an accolade presented 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 1967. The awards series, normally broadcast with 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 annual ceremonies usually take place in or around the Los Angeles area in February or early March.
Wayne Brady and Holly Robinson Peete hosted the 42nd annual NAACP Image Awards on March 4, 2011. [1]
Contents
Past shows
Year Day Host Location 1967 August 13 Beverly Hilton Hotel 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 1997 February 8 Arsenio Hall/Patti LaBelle Pasadena Civic Auditorium 1998 February 14 Vanessa L. Williams/Gregory Hines 1999 February 14 Mariah Carey/Blair Underwood Pasadena Civic Auditorium 2000 February 12 Diana Ross Pasadena Civic Auditorium 2001 February 23 Chris Tucker Universal Amphitheatre 2002 March 3 Chris Tucker Universal Amphitheatre 2003 March 8 Cedric the Entertainer Universal Amphitheatre 2004 March 6 Tracee Ellis Ross/Golden Brooks/Persia White/Jill Marie Jones Universal Amphitheater 2005 March 25 Chris Tucker Dorothy Chandler 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 2009 February 12 Halle Berry/Tyler Perry Shrine Auditorium 2010 February 26 Anika Noni Rose/Hill Harper Shrine Auditorium 2011 March 4 Wayne Brady/Holly Robinson Peete Shrine Auditorium 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. However, it has also been argued that artists should deserve to be honored for the quality of their work, and factors such as criminal charges do not change the work's quality. 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.[2] In 2004, R. Kelly's Chocolate Factory was nominated for Outstanding Album[3] although he was under indictment at the time for charges related to child pornography.[4]
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., Michael Jackson and Jesse Jackson.[5] 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.[4]
Award categories
Motion picture
- Outstanding Motion Picture
- Outstanding Documentary
- 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
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 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
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
Literature
- Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction
- Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction
- Outstanding Literary Work, Biography/Autobiography
- Outstanding Literary Work, Debut Author
- Outstanding Literary Work, Poetry
- Outstanding Literary Work, Instructional
- Outstanding Literary Work, Children's
- Outstanding Literary Work, Youth/Teens
Special awards
References
- ^ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/02/08/wayne-brady-and-holly-robinson-peete-to-host-42nd-naacp-image-awards-friday-march-4-on-fox/81922
- ^ "Michael Jackson makes surprise appearance at NAACP Image Awards". Jet. 1994-01-24. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n12_v85/ai_14777970. Retrieved 2006-09-29.
- ^ Wiederhorn, Jon (2004-01-08). "Outkast, Beyonce, R. Kelly Nominated For NAACP Image Awards". VH1.com. http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1484218/01082004/ashanti.jhtml. Retrieved 2006-09-29.
- ^ a b "Paula Zahn Now: Can Democrats Challenge Kerry?; NAACP Controversy; California Death Penalty Debate". CNN.com. 2004-01-28. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0401/28/pzn.00.html. Retrieved 2006-09-29.
- ^ "Image Awards rekindle 'Barbershop' controversy". CNN.com. 2003-03-09. Archived from the original on 2006-06-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20060629060508/http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/08/image.awards.ap/. Retrieved 2006-09-29.
External links
- The Official NAACP Image Awards Site
- http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?date=12/16/08&id=20081216fox01
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Leaders Presidents/CEOs
(executive secretaries 1910–77;
executive directors 1977–96)Frances Blascoer (1910–11) · Mary White Ovington (1911–12) · Mary Childs Nerney (1912–16) · Mary White Ovington (1916) · Royall Freeman Nash (1916–17) · James Weldon Johnson (1917–18) · John R. Shillady (1918–20) · James Weldon Johnson (1920–31) · Walter Francis White (1931–55) · Roy Wilkins (1955–77) · Benjamin Hooks (1977–92) · Benjamin Chavis Muhammad (1993–94) · Earl Shinhoster (1994–96) · Kweisi Mfume (1996–2004) · Dennis Courtland Hayes (2005) · Bruce S. Gordon (2005–7) · Dennis Courtland Hayes (2007–8) · Benjamin Jealous (2007–present)
Elected presidents
(1909–96, abolished)Moorfield Storey (1909–29) · Joel Elias Spingarn (1930–39) · Arthur B. Spingarn (1940–65) · Kivie Kaplan (1966–75) · William Montague Cobb (1976–82) · James Kemp (1983) · Enolia McMillan (1984–90) · Hazel N. Dukes (1990–92) · Rupert Richardson (1992–96)ChairpersonsWilliam English Walling (1910–11) · Oswald Garrison Villard (1911–14) · Joel Elias Spingarn (1914–19) · Mary White Ovington (1919–34) · Louis T. Wright (1934–53) · Channing Heggie Tobias (1953–60) · Robert C. Weaver (1960–61) · Stephen Gill Spottswood (1961–75) · Margaret Bush Wilson (1975–83) · Kelly Alexander (1983–84) · William Gibson (1985–95) · Myrlie Evers-Williams (1995–98) · Julian Bond (1998–2010) · Roslyn Brock (2010–present)See also NAACP Theatre Awards · NAACP Image Awards · NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund · NAACP Youth Council · Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics · Spingarn Medal · Niagara Movement · National Negro Committee · The CrisisAmerican music award shows Multi-genre Grammy · American Music · Video Music Award · Billboard (1990-2006; 2011-) · Dove · NAACP Image · People's Choice · Detroit MusicCountry Rock / Pop Latin Latin Grammy · Billboard Latin · Premios Lo Nuestro · Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica · Premios JuventudHip Hop / R&B Youth Audio Gospel Discontinued Categories:- NAACP Image Awards
- Awards established in 1970
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