53rd NAACP Image Awards: The Complete Winners List
27.02.2022 - 20:27
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The 53rd NAACP Image Awards has officially been kicked off!
As usual, this year’s ceremony honoring people of color across television, music, literature and film is preceded by a week-long celebration, with five nights of virtual awards leading up to Saturday’s live telecast.
Hosted by returning emcee and seven-time NAACP Image Awards winner Anthony Anderson, the ceremony will include Issa Rae, Kerry Washington, LL Cool J, Morgan Freeman, Questlove, Tiffany Haddish, Zendaya and more presenting awards, while Samuel L. Jackson accepts the NAACP Chairman’s Award and Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the 1619 Project, receives the Social Justice Impact Award.
The preceding non-televised nights will be hosted by actor and comedian Affion Crockett, with awards presented by Cory Hardrict, Demetrius Shipp Jr., Khleo Thomas, Lori Harvey, Wendy Raquel Robinson and more. Will Smith, Tabitha Brown, journalist Jemele Hill, civil rights activist Stacey Abrams and the legendary Cicely Tyson were among the first round of winners presented on Monday, Feb, 21.
See the complete list of winners for the 53rd NAACP Image Awards in bold, below, updated throughout the week:
Special Awards
YOUTH ACTIVIST OF THE YEAR
Channing Hill
ACTIVIST OF THE YEAR
Scot X. Esdaile
ROY WILKINS CIVIL RIGHTS AWARD
The Mexican American Legislative Caucus, Texas House Democratic Caucus, and Texas Legislative Black Caucus
NAACP HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR
Darnella Frazier
SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT
Nikole Hannah-Jones
CHAIRMAN’S AWARD
Samuel L. Jackson
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Jennifer Hudson Lil Nas X Megan Thee Stallion Regina King Tiffany Haddish
Motion Picture
OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE
Judas and the Black Messiah King Richard RespectThe Harder