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NAACP Image Award
DescriptionExcellence in film, television, music, and literature by outstanding people of color
CountryUnited States
Presented byNAACP
First awarded1967
WebsiteNAACP Image Awards

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 the Image Awards are voted on by the award organization's members (that is, NAACP members). Honorary awards (similar to the Academy Honorary Award) have also been included, such as the President's Award, the Chairman's Award, Entertainer of the Year and The Image Award Hall of Fame.

The award ceremony was first presented in 1967 and was first nationally televised in 1974 on the Fox Network. The first live broadcast of the event, also on the Fox Network, occurred in 2007 for its 38th edition (up until 2007, the ceremony had been broadcast with tape delay) and the annual ceremonies usually take place in or around the Los Angeles, United States (US) area, in February or early March.

Wayne Brady and Holly Robinson Peete hosted the 42nd annual NAACP Image Awards on March 4, 2011.[1]

Past shows

Year Day Host Location
1967 (1st) February 4 Beverly Hilton Hotel
1968 (2nd)
1969 (3rd)
1970 (4th) November
1971 (5th)
1972 (6th) November
1974 (7th) January 19 Hollywood Palladium
1975 (8th) January
1976 (9th)
1977 (10th) April
1978 (11th) June
1979 (12th)
1980 (13th) December
1981 (14th) December
1982 (15th) December 5 Robert Guillaume Hollywood Palladium
1983 (16th) December Jayne Kennedy/George Peppard/Michael Warren
1984 (17th) December 4 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
1985 (18th) December
1986 (19th) December
1987 (20th) December 13 Debbie Allen/Denzel Washington
1988 (21st) December
1989 (22nd) December
1990 (23rd) December 9
1992 (24th) January 11
1993 (25th) January 16 Pasadena Civic Auditorium
1994 (26th) January 5
1996 (27th) April Whitney Houston/Denzel Washington Pasadena Civic Auditorium
1997 (28th) February 8 Arsenio Hall/Patti LaBelle
1998 (29th) February 14 Vanessa L. Williams/Gregory Hines
1999 (30th) February 14 Mariah Carey/Blair Underwood Pasadena Civic Auditorium
2000 (31st) February 12 Diana Ross
2001 (32nd) February 23 Chris Tucker Universal Amphitheatre
2002 (33rd) March 3 Chris Tucker
2003 (34th) March 8 Cedric the Entertainer
2004 (35th) March 6 Tracee Ellis Ross/Golden Brooks/Persia White/Jill Marie Jones
2005 (36th) March 25 Chris Tucker Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
2006 (37th) March 3 Cuba Gooding, Jr. Shrine Auditorium
2007 (38th) March 2 LL Cool J
2008 (39th) February 14 D.L. Hughley
2009 (40th) February 12 Halle Berry/Tyler Perry
2010 (41st) February 26 Anika Noni Rose/Hill Harper
2011 (42nd) March 4 Wayne Brady/Holly Robinson Peete
2012 (43rd) February 17 Sanaa Lathan/Anthony Mackie

Controversy

The NAACP Image Awards has been the subject of controversy due to prior claims that certain nominees were undeserving of NAACP attention. In response, parties have argued that the quality of an artist's work is the salient issue, with factors such as criminal charges inconsequential in this regard. For example, in 1994, Tupac Shakur was a nominee for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for the film Poetic Justice following sexual assault charges in December 1993.[2] In 2004, R. Kelly's Chocolate Factory was nominated for Outstanding Album[3] whilst he was under indictment 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 Outstanding Supporting Actor (for Cedric the Entertainer's performance). In the film, Cedric's character makes pejorative remarks about Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., Michael Jackson and Jesse Jackson, content that elicited criticism, including a boycott of the awards event by Parks herself.[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

Television

Music

Literature

Special awards

References

  1. ^ Robert Seidman (8). "Wayne Brady and Holly Robinson Peete to Host '42nd NAACP Image Awards' Friday, March 4 on Fox". TV by the Numbers. TVbytheNumbers. Retrieved 27 May 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  2. ^ "Michael Jackson makes surprise appearance at NAACP Image Awards". Jet. 1994-01-24. Retrieved 2006-09-29.
  3. ^ Wiederhorn, Jon (2004-01-08). "Outkast, Beyonce, R. Kelly Nominated For NAACP Image Awards". VH1.com. Retrieved 2006-09-29.
  4. ^ a b "Paula Zahn Now: Can Democrats Challenge Kerry?; NAACP Controversy; California Death Penalty Debate". CNN.com. 2004-01-28. Retrieved 2006-09-29.
  5. ^ "Image Awards rekindle 'Barbershop' controversy". CNN.com. 2003-03-09. Archived from the original on 2006-06-29. Retrieved 2006-09-29.
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