List of awards honoring African Americans
- List of awards honoring African Americans
This is a list of awards dedicated to honoring or recognizing African Americans.
* BCALA Literary Awards (annual literary award from the American Library Association, Black Caucus, which honors "outstanding works of fiction and nonfiction for adult audiences by African American authors"
* Coretta Scott King Award [http://www.ala.org/ala/emiert/corettascottkingbookaward/corettascott.htm] (annual literary award from the American Library Association given to African American authors and illustrators)
* NAACP Image Awards (given by the NAACP annually to people of color)
* Spingarn Medal
* Golden Eagle Award, Afro-American in the Arts
* Candace Award, National Coalition of 100 Black Women
* Shelia Award (alt. spelling "Sheila Award"), [Harriet Tubman African American Museum)
* Langston Hughes Medal
* The BET Honors, which celebrates the lives and achievements of African American luminaries.
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