- Source: 49th NAACP Image Awards
The 49th NAACP Image Awards ceremony, presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), honored outstanding representations and achievements of people of color in motion pictures, television, music, and literature during the 2017 calendar year. The ceremony took place on January 15, 2018, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, was hosted by Anthony Anderson and broadcast on TV One.
During the ceremony American actor and film director Danny Glover was honored with the President's Award for being «a true inspiration who always uses his celebrity status to advance the cause of social justice and respect for our diverse society. [...] Glover has is known for wide-reaching community activism and philanthropic efforts with a particular emphasis on advocacy for economic justice, access to health care and education programs in the United States and Africa». William Lucy was honored with the «in recognition of his role in the labour movement and his accomplishments as a labor organizer and justice advocate. His work with Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike and the instrumental role he played in the Anti-Apartheid Movement».
The award show also honored with the Vanguard Award the surviving of 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike "I Am a Man" workers for supporting the African-American community and the workers' struggle in the Southern United States to recognise equal pay and rights for the labour force.
All nominees are listed below, and the winners are listed in bold.
Special Awards
Motion Picture
Television
Documentary
= Outstanding Documentary – (Film)
=STEP
I Called Him Morgan
The Rape of Recy Taylor
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
Whose Streets?
= Outstanding Documentary – (Television)
=The 44th President: In His Own Words
Birth of a Movement
Black Love
The Defiant Ones
What the Health
Animated/CGI
= Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – (Television or Film)
=Tiffany Haddish – Legends of Chamberlain Heights
Yvette Nicole Brown – Elena of Avalor
Loretta Devine – Doc McStuffins
David Oyelowo – The Lion Guard
Kerry Washington – Cars 3
Music
= Outstanding New Artist
=SZA – Ctrl
Demetria McKinney – Officially Yours
Khalid – American Teen
Kevin Ross – The Awakening
Vic Mensa – The Autobiography
= Outstanding Male Artist
=Bruno Mars – "Versace on the Floor"
JAY-Z – 4:44
Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
Brian McKnight – Genesis
Charlie Wilson – In It to Win It
= Outstanding Female Artist
=Mary J. Blige – Strength of a Woman
Beyoncé – "Die with You"
Andra Day – "Stand Up For Something"
Ledisi – Let Love Rule
SZA – Ctrl
= Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
=Kendrick Lamar feat. Rihanna – "LOYALTY."
Mary J. Blige feat. Kanye West – "Love Yourself"
Andra Day feat. Common – "Stand Up For Something"
SZA feat. Travis Scott – "Love Galore"
Charlie Wilson feat. T.I. – "I'm Blessed"
= Outstanding Jazz Album
=Somi – Petite Afrique
Damien Escobar – Boundless
Najee – Poetry in Motion
Cécile McLorin Salvant – Dreams and Daggers
Preservation Hall Jazz Band – So It Is
= Outstanding Gospel Album – Traditional or Contemporary
=Greenleaf Soundtrack – Greenleaf Soundtrack Volume 2
Tasha Cobbs – Heart. Passion. Pursuit.
Travis Greene – Crossover Live From Music City
Marvin Sapp – Close
CeCe Winans – Let Them Fall In Love
= Outstanding Music Video
=Bruno Mars – "That's What I Like"
Mary J. Blige – "Strength of a Woman"
JAY-Z – "4:44"
Maxwell – "Gods"
Ledisi – "High"
= Outstanding Song, Traditional
=Bruno Mars – "That's What I Like"
Mary J. Blige – "U + Me (Love Lesson)"
Ledisi – "High"
John Legend – "Surefire (Piano Version)"
MAJOR. – "Honest"
= Outstanding Song, Contemporary
=Kendrick Lamar – "HUMBLE."
JAY-Z – "The Story of O.J."
Mali Music – "Gonna Be Alright"
Jazmine Sullivan x Bryson Tiller – "Insecure"
SZA feat. Travis Scott – "Love Galore"
= Outstanding Album
=Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
Mary J. Blige – Strength of a Woman
JAY-Z – 4:44
Brian McKnight – Genesis
Charlie Wilson – In It to Win It
Literature
= Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction
=Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar – The Annotated African American Folktales
Marita Golden – The Wide Circumference of Love
Celeste Ng – Little Fires Everywhere
Jesmyn Ward – Sing, Unburied, Sing
Stephanie Powell Watts – No One Is Coming to Save Us
= Outstanding Literary Work, Non-Fiction
=Dick Gregory – Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies
Herb Boyd – Black Detroit – A People’s History of Self-Determination
Paul Butler – Chokehold: Policing Black Men
Ta-Nehisi Coates – We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
Adrian Miller – The President's Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas
= Outstanding Literary Work, Debut Author
=Stephanie Powell Watts – No One Is Coming to Save Us
Devin Allen – A Beautiful Ghetto
Leland Melvin – Chasing Spaces: An Astronaut’s Story of Grit, Grace & Second Chances
Gabrielle Union – We're Going to Need More Wine
Patricia Williams with Jeannine Amber – Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat
= Outstanding Literary Work, Biography/Auto-Biography
=Susan Burton and Cari Lynn – Becoming Ms. Burton - From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women
Peter Baker – Obama: The Call of History
Jonathan Eig – Ali: A Life
Lawrence P. Jackson – Chester B. Himes
Gabrielle Union – We're Going to Need More Wine
= Outstanding Literary Work, Instructional
=Tererai Trent – The Awakened Woman: Remembering & Reigniting Our Sacred Dreams
Misty Copeland – Ballerina Body: Dancing and Eating Your Way to a Leaner, Stronger, and More Graceful You
Kelvin Davis – Notoriously Dapper - How to Be A Modern Gentleman with Manners, Style and Body Confidence
Kristen Kish with Meredith Erickson – Kristen Kish Cooking
Sheri Riley – Exponential Living - Stop Spending 100% of Your Time on 10% of Who You Are
= Outstanding Literary Work, Poetry
=Patricia Smith – Incendiary Art: Poems
Cameron Barnett – The Drowning Boy's Guide to Water
Aja Monet – My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter
Ntozake Shange – Wild Beauty: New and Selected Poems
Marcus Wicker – Silencer
= Outstanding Literary Work, Children
=Vashti Harrison – Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with Raymond Obstfeld – Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court
Lesa Cline-Ransome and James E. Ransome – Before She Was Harriet
Andrea J. Loney and Keith Mallett – Take a Picture of Me, James VanDerZee!
Cynthia Levinson and Vanessa Brantley-Newton – The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, A Young Civil Rights Activist
= Outstanding Literary Work, Youth/Teens
=Rita Williams-Garcia and Frank Morrison – Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess – Solo
Tiffany D. Jackson – Allegedly
Jason Reynolds - Long Way Down
Angie Thomas – The Hate U Give
References
External links
NAACP Image Awards official site
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