Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Save FB Tweet. Michelle Obama on Viola Davis Playing Her in 'The First Lady' (Exclusive). Activist of the Year. A week-long celebration with five nights of virtual awards lead up to Saturday’s live broadcast. Entertainer of the Year. Mar 29, 2021 8:17 PM. Follow and subscribe to our social platforms to stay informed and connected with the Image Awards and more excellence recognized by the NAACP. The NAACP Image Award is an annual awards ceremony presented by the U.S.-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding performances in film, television, theatre, music, and literature. @jsullivanmusic wasn’t playing when she performed at the 52nd #NAACPImageAwards https://t.co/iTdMgK493o, This #VERZUZ right now is bringing so much life! Spingarn Medal. Brandee Evans and Nicco Annan pose for a photo ahead of the 52nd NAACP Image Awards on March 27, 2021, in Los Angeles. The 52nd NAACP Image Awards, presented by the NAACP, honored outstanding representations and achievements of people of color in motion pictures, television, music, and literature during the 2020 calendar year. The virtual ceremonies will recognize winners in more than 60 non-televised award categories in the fields of television and streaming, music, literature, film, and activism. Lyric Ross. Additionally, the NAACP Image Awards Dinner, which traditionally takes place the night before the telecast, will live stream over six nights February 15-19, 2021. ET on … Show full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours. Advertisement. Outstanding Motion Picture. NAACP Image Awards Winners: Full List 2021. The award show celebrates Black excellence in media and culture, and saw the likes of … Babyface - "He Don't Know Nothin' Bout It", Kem feat. The ceremony is taking place between March 22 to March 25, 2021 Walker, The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel, United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell, Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story, PBS’ American Masters and Firelight Media, Beyoncé feat WizKid, SAINt JHN, Blu Ivy Carter, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste and Tom MacDougall, Kierra Sheard featuring Tasha Cobbs-Leonard, 300 Entertainment / 1501 Certified Ent. Walker — Winner, Aunjanue Ellis, The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel, Kerry Washington, Little Fires Everywhere, Octavia Spencer, Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. 1/17. March 27, 2021 at 10:05 PM EDT. After a delay due to COVID-19, the 2021 NAACP Image Awards will air March 27 at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited–series) Muta’Ali. Buju Banton, Da 5 Bloods Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey Ma Rainey's Black Bottom One Night In Miami, Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom — Winner, Forest Whitaker, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, Madalen Mills, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom — Winner, Anika Noni Rose, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, Phylicia Rashad, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey — Winner, Emperor Farewell Amor Miss Juneteenth The 24thThe Banker — Winner, Ainu Mosir His HouseNight of the Kings — Winner, The Last Tree The Life Ahead (La vita davanti a se), Madalen Mills, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey — Winner, Da 5 Bloods Jingle Jangle: A Christmas JourneyMa Rainey's Black Bottom — Winner, Ahmir-Khalib Thompson aka Questlove, Soul, Cops and Robbers Loop The Power of Hope Windup, All In: The Fight For Democracy Coded BiasJohn Lewis: Good Trouble — Winner, And She Could Be Next Black Love Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave TradeThe Last Dance — Winner, Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Issa Rae - "Lowkey Feelin' Myself" (Insecure), Lee Eisenberg, Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon - "The Rock" (Little America), Michaela Coel - "Ego Death" (I May Destroy You) — Winner, Mindy Kaling, Lang Fisher - "Pilot" (Never Have I Ever), Rajiv Joseph - "The Manager" (Little America), Attica Locke - "The Spider Web" (Little Fires Everywhere) — Winner, Erika L. Johnson, Mark Richard - "A Wicked Plot" (The Good Lord Bird), Jessica Lamour - "Love Hurts" (Little Voice), Tanya Barfield - "Shirley" (Mrs. America), Diallo Riddle, Bashir Salahuddin, D. Rodney Carter, Emily Goldwyn, Rob Haze, Zuri Salahuddin, Bennett Webber, Evan Williams, Will Miles, Sherman's Showcase Black History Month Spectacular, Geri Cole, The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special — Winner, Sylvia L. Jones, Camille Tucker, The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel, David E. Talbert, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, Pete Docter, Kemp Powers, Mike Jones, Soul, Radha Blank, The Forty-Year-Old Version — Winner, Royal Kennedy Rodgers, Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story, Yoruba Richen, Elia Gasull Balada, Valerie Thomas, The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show, Anya Adams - "Hair Day" (Black-ish) — Winner, Aurora Guerrero - "The Jaguar" (Little America), Eric Dean Seaton - "Our Wedding Dre" (Black-ish), Kabir Akhtar - "...started a nuclear war" (Never Have I Ever), Sam Miller, Michaela Coel - "Ego Death" (I May Destroy You), Cheryl Dunye - "Strange Case" (Lovecraft Country), Hanelle Culpepper - "Remembrance" (Star Trek: Picard) — Winner, Misha Green - "Jig-a-Bobo" (Lovecraft Country), Nzingha Stewart - "The Uncanny" (Little Fires Everywhere), Beyoncé Knowles Carter, Emmanuel Adeji, Blitz Bazawule, Kwasi Fordjour, Black Is King, Christine Swanson, The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel, Chuck Vinson, Alan Muraoka, The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special, George C. Wolfe, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Gina Prince-Bythewood, The Old Guard — Winner, Keith McQuirter, By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem — Winner, Muta'Ali, Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn, Sam Pollard, Maro Chermayeff, Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children (Ep. See the full list of winners, in bold, below. Former president Barack Obama, meanwhile, took home a literary award for his memoir, A Promised Land. Tasha Cobbs-Leonard, Music From and Inspired By Soul, Jon Batiste — Winner, Holy Room - Live at Alte Oper, Somi — Winner, The Eddy (From The Netflix Original Series), The Eddy, "Deep Reverence" - Big Sean feat. Hosted by return emcee Anthony Anderson, the ceremony included Andra Day, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Michelle Obama, Regina King and more presenting awards, while Eddie Murphy was inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame (presented to him by longtime collaborator Arsenio Hall) and LeBron James will receive the President's Award. The NAACP Image Awards have rolled out winners for the 2021 ceremony. Tonight, the 52nd NAACP Image Awards will air live on BET at 8 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. CT, and will simulcast on CBS, BET Her, VH1, MTV, MTV2 and LOGO. NOTE: Not all categories are open to the public for voting. This year's 52nd Annual NAACP Image Awards saw some big winners. The 52nd annual NAACP Image Awards are airing live on Saturday, March 27 beginning at 8 p.m. ET/PT on BET. Jackie Robinson Sports Awards. If you are using ad-blocking software, please disable it and reload the page. Nipsey Hussle, "Savage Remix" - Megan Thee Stallion feat. NAACP Image Awards: Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis Win for 'Ma Rainey' as Eddie Murphy, Stacey Abrams Honored. D-Nice secured his place in music history as a member of Boogie Down Productions, the venerable hip-hop group featuring mentor Scott La Rock and KRS-One. — NAACP Image Awards® (@naacpimageaward) March 28, 2021 Boseman spoke about how common Black people have been diagnosed with or died from colon cancer. PHOTO: Brandee Evans and Nicco Annan pose for a photo ahead of the 52nd NAACP Image Awards on March 27, 2021, in Los Angeles. Similar to other awards, like the Oscars and the Grammys, the over 40 categories of the Image Awards are voted on by the award organization's members. 1 & 2), Simcha Jacobovici, Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Yoruba Richen, The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show, The Awkward Black Man - Walter Mosley — Winner, A Black Women's History of the United States - Daina Berry, Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America - Michael Eric Dyson, Greyboy: Finding Blackness in a White World - Cole Brown, The Compton Cowboys - Walter Thompson-Hernandez, We're Better Than This - Elijah Cummings — Winner, A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team - Arshay Cooper, Olympic Pride, American Prejudice - Deborah Draper, The Dead Are Arising - Les Payne, Tamara Payne — Winner, Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL's First Black Player - Willie O'Ree, Do Right by Me: Learning to Raise Black Children in White Space - Valerie Harrison, The Black Foster Youth Handbook - Ángela Quijada-Banks, The Woman God Created You to Be: Finding Success Through Faith--Spiritually, Personally, and Professionally - Kimberla Lawson Roby, Vegetable Kingdom - Bryant Terry — Winner, Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry - John Murillo, The Age of Phillis - Honorée Jeffers — Winner, Just Like a Mama - Alice Faye Duncan, Charnelle Pinkney Barlow, Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice - Nikki Grimes, Laura Freeman, She Was the First! : The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm - Katheryn Russell-Brown, Eric Velasquez — Winner, The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver - Gene Barretta, Frank Morrison, Before the Ever After - Jacqueline Woodson — Winner, Black Brother, Black Brother - Jewell Parker Rhodes, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You - Jason Reynolds. https://t.co/aWk5bPk0V8. Walker — Winner, AM Joy: Remembering John Lewis Special Desus & Mero: The Obama Interview The Color of CovidThe New York Times Presents "The Killing of Breonna Taylor" — Winner, The New York Times Presents "The Killing of Breonna Taylor", Tamron Hall The Daily Show with Trevor Noah The Oprah Conversation The Shop: Uninterrupted, Iyanla: Fix My Life Shark Tank United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell Voices of Fire, United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell, 8:46 Black Is King The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ReunionVERZUZ — Winner, Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices Craig of the CreekFamily Reunion — Winner, Raven's Home We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical, We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical, Trevor Noah, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah — Winner, Alfonso Ribeiro, America's Funniest Home Videos, Steve Harvey, Celebrity Family Feud — Winner, W. Kamau Bell, United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell, Big Mouth Central ParkDoc McStuffins — Winner, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Star Trek: Lower Decks, Courtney B. Vance, Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story, Deon Cole, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, Laya DeLeon Hayes, Doc McStuffins — Winner, Giancarlo Esposito, The Broken and the Bad, Laurence Fishburne, #FreeRayshawn — Winner, American Masters - Unladylike2020 Benedict MenBetween The Scenes - The Daily Show — Winner, Raynelle Swilling, Cherish the Day — Winner, "Brown Skin Girl" - Beyoncé feat. LLC, RCA Records/Sony Music U.K./Davido Worldwide Entertainment, TorDotCom Publishing, imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, Alice Faye Duncan, Charnelle Pinkney Barlow, Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Entertainment, A Higher Ground Productions and Big Mouth Productions Film for Netflix, Little Fires Everywhere - "The Spider Web", Sherman's Showcase Black History Month Spectacular, The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show, Never Have I Ever - "… started a nuclear war", By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem, Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children - Ep. 2021 NAACP Image Awards: The Complete Winners List Special Awards. In case you missed the awards show's best moments (including an award for Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page), here are all the best looks from the 2021 NAACP Image Awards. This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our sponsors. See the full list of winners. Beyoncé — Winner, Alicia Keys feat. Regina King in … This year's 52nd NAACP Image Awards -- honoring people of color across television, music, literature and film -- is a week-long celebration, with five nights of virtual awards leading up to Saturday's live broadcast. Regina King. Presentations of untelevised categories will be livestreamed between March 22–26, 2021 on the ceremony's website. Best Dressed Stars at the 2021 NAACP Image Awards. How's this for Black excellence? Diallo Riddle, Bashir Salahuddin, D. Rodney Carter, Emily Goldwyn, Rob Haze, Zuri Salahuddin, Bennett Webber, Evan Williams, Will Miles. © Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for WarnerMedia. — NAACP Image Awards® (@naacpimageaward) March 28, 2021. Instagram. During Friday’s non-televised ceremony, he won outstanding actor in a comedy series for his role on “Black-ish.” Connect with friends faster than ever with the new Facebook app. James Anthony via Getty Images. Eddie Murphy received the Hall of Fame award at the 2021 NAACP Image Awards. Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture) RuPaul. 1 & 2, Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Honorary awards have also been included, such as the President's Award, the Chairman's Award… D-Nice. See the full list of winners from the 2021 NAACP Image Awards below. ET on BET and simulcast across ViacomCBS networks, following five nights of non-televised categories streaming from March 22-26. So, his endearing appearance at the 2021 NAACP Image Awards should really come as no surprise. Anthony Anderson returns as host for the eighth year in a row, entering the premiere event already a winner. Beyoncé - "Savage Remix" — Winner, "Pressure (Remix)" - Original Koffee feat. Winners included the late Chadwick Boseman for Outstanding Supporting Actor and recording honors for Beyoncé, Doja Cat and Drake. 2021 NAACP Image Awards Winners: Entertainer of the Year D-Nice – WINNER Regina King Trevor Noah Tyler Perry Viola Davis. Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. The 52nd NAACP Image Awards, presented by the NAACP, honored outstanding representations and achievements of people of color in motion pictures, television, music, and literature during the 2020 calendar year. Youth Activist of the Year. Mar 29, 2021. Toni Braxton - "Live Out Your Love", Ledisi and PJ Morton - "Anything For You", Big Sean feat. Microsoft and partners may be compensated if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. The 2021 NAACP Image Awards air on March 27 at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. (East 2 West Collective via Getty Images… Photos: Red carpet styles at the 2021 NAACP Image Awards KJ Smith gets ready for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards at the California African American Museum on March 27, 2021, in Los Angeles, California Like us on Facebook to see similar stories, Gold futures mark first loss in 5 sessions, A Peter Thiel-backed blockchain platform just invested $10 billion in a new crypto exchange. 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