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NAACP Image Award

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The NAACP Image Award 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 is currently broadcast (on tape delay) on the Fox Network. It was first nationally televised in 1974. They usually take place around February to early March and take place in or around the Los Angeles area.

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[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
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 Amphitheater
2002 March 3 Chris Tucker Universal Amphitheater
2003 March 8 Cedric the Entertainer Universal Amphitheater
2004 March 6 Tracee Ellis Ross/Golden Brooks/Persia White/Jill Marie Jones Universal Amphitheater
2005 March 19 Chris Tucker Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
2006 March 3 Cuba Gooding, Jr. 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. <ref>"Michael Jackson makes surprise appearance at NAACP Image Awards", Jet, 1994-01-24. Retrieved on 2006-09-29.</ref> In 2004, R. Kelly's Chocolate Factory was nominated for Outstanding Album <ref>Wiederhorn, Jon (2004-01-08). Outkast, Beyonce, R. Kelly Nominated For NAACP Image Awards. VH1.com. Retrieved on 2006-09-29.</ref> although he was under indictment at the time for charges related to child pornography. <ref name="zahn">Paula Zahn Now: Can Democrats Challenge Kerry?; NAACP Controversy; California Death Penalty Debate. CNN.com (2004-01-28). Retrieved on 2006-09-29.</ref>

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. <ref>Image Awards rekindle 'Barbershop' controversy. CNN.com (2003-03-09). Retrieved on 2006-09-29.</ref> 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.<ref name="zahn"/>

[edit] Award categories

[edit] Motion picture

[edit] Television

[edit] Music

[edit] Literature

[edit] Special awards

[edit] External link

[edit] References

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