naacp image awards

The NAACP Image Awards 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, normally broadcast with tape delay and aired by Fox Network, was broadcast live for the first time in 2007 for the 38th edition of the awards show. It was first nationally televised in 1974. The ceremonies usually take place in or around the Los Angeles area in February or early March. Contents [hide] 1 Past Shows 2 Controversy 3 Award categories 3.1 Motion picture 3.2 Television 3.3 Music 3.4 Literature 3.5 Special awards 4 External links 5 References //

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 Amphitheatre 2002 March 3 Chris Tucker Universal Amphitheatre 2003 March 8 Cedric the Entertainer Universal Amphitheatre 2004 March 6 Tracee Ellis Ross/Golden Brooks/Persia White/Jill Marie Jones Universal Amphitheater 2005 March 25 Chris Tucker Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 2006 March 3 Cuba Gooding, Jr. Shrine Auditorium 2007 March 2 LL Cool J Shrine Auditorium 2008 February 14 D.L. Hughley Shrine Auditorium 2009 February 12 Halle Berry/Tyler Perry Shrine Auditorium

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.[1] In 2004, R. Kelly's Chocolate Factory was nominated for Outstanding Album[2] although he was under indictment at the time for charges related to child pornography.[3]

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