The 48th 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 2016 calendar year. The 48th ceremony was hosted by Anthony Anderson and broadcast on TV One on February 12, 2017.[1]
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American 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution , Lonnie Bunch was honored with the President's Award for his studies of American and African history, as well as his contribution as the founding director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture .[2] [3] Harvard Law School ProfessorCharles Ogletree was awarded with the Chairman's Award .[4]
All nominees are listed below, and the winners are listed in bold .[5] [6]
Lonnie Bunch was honored with the President's Award
Charles Ogletree was honored with the Chairman's Award
Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson was honored with the Entertainer of the Year Award
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Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series
Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series
Outstanding Comedy Series
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television)
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture – (Television)
Charles Murray – Roots (Night 3)
Outstanding Variety (Series or Special)
Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition Series
Outstanding Children’s Program
Outstanding Documentary – (Film)
Outstanding Documentary – (Television)
Roots: A New Vision
Major League Legends: Hank Aaron
Policing the Police
Roots: A History Revealed
Streets of Compton
Outstanding Female Artist
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
Outstanding Gospel Album – Traditional or Contemporary
Outstanding Song, Contemporary
Outstanding Song, Traditional
Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction
Outstanding Literary Work, Non-Fiction
Outstanding Literary Work, Debut Author
Trevor Noah – Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Lisa Fenn – Carry On
Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America's Largest Criminal Court
Natashia Deón – Grace: A Novel
Cory Booker – United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good
Outstanding Literary Work, Biography/Auto-Biography
Trevor Noah – Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Taraji P. Henson – Around the Way Girl: A Memoir
Nathaniel Jones – Answering the Call: An Autobiography of the Modern Struggle to End Racial Discrimination in America
Mychal Denzel Smith – Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching, A Young Black Man's Education
Herb Powell and Maurice White – My Life with Earth, Wind & Fire
Outstanding Literary Work, Instructional
Daymond John and Daniel Paisner – The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage
JJ Smith – Green Smoothies for Life
LA Reid – LA Reid Sing to Me: My Story of Making Music, Finding Magic, and Searching for Who's Next
Joy M. Scott-Carrol and Anthony Sparks – Running the Long Race in Gifted Education: Narratives and Interviews from Culturally Diverse Gifted Adults
The Dalai Lama , Desmond Tutu , and Douglas Abrams – The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
Outstanding Literary Work, Poetry
Rita Dove – Collected Poems: 1974 – 2004
Clint Smith – Counting Descent
Jamaal May – The Big Book of Exit Strategies
Joshua Bennett – The Sobbing School
Phillip B. Williams – Thief in the Interior
Outstanding Literary Work, Children
Andrea Davis Pinkney – A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day
Karissa Culbreath – Daddy's Little Girl
Javaka Steptoe – Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Nikkolas Smith – The Golden Girls Of Rio
Gwendolyn Hooks – Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas
Outstanding Literary Work, Youth/Teens
Jason Reynolds – As Brave As You
Christine Kendall – Riding Chance
Holly Robinson Peete , Ryan Elizabeth Peete, and RJ Peete - Same But Different: Teen Life on the Autism Express
Sharon Robinson – The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich and Audrey Vernick – Two Naomis