The 55th NAACP Image Awards, hosted by Queen Latifah (series star/executive producer of “The Equalizer,” CBS), the legendary show aired live at 8 pm ET / PT on BET, CBS and additional Paramount Networks live from the Shrine Auditorium. Colman Domingo, Fantasia Barrino, Mike Epps, “Quinta Brunson, “The Color Purple,” Usher and more took top honors. Special awards went to Amanda Gorman, New Edition, and Usher. If you missed the event, you can catch an encore of the “55th NAACP Image Awards” Monday, March 18 at 7 PM ET/PT on BET.
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Check out a list of the winners below.
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Abbott Elementary (ABC) — WINNER
Harlem (Amazon Prime Video)
Survival of the Thickest (Netflix)
The Neighborhood (CBS)
UnPrisoned (Hulu/Onyx)
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Cedric The Entertainer, The Neighborhood (CBS)
Delroy Lindo, UnPrisoned (Hulu/Onyx)
Dulé Hill, The Wonder Years (ABC)
Mike Epps, The Upshaws (Netflix) — WINNER
Tone Bell, Survival of the Thickest (Netflix)
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Kerry Washington, UnPrisoned (Hulu/Onyx)
Meagan Good, Harlem (Amazon Prime Video)
Michelle Buteau, Survival of the Thickest (Netflix)
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary (ABC) — WINNER
Tichina Arnold, The Neighborhood (CBS)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Roy Wood Jr., The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
Tyler Lepley, Harlem (Amazon Prime Video)
Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
William Stanford Davis, Abbott Elementary (ABC) — WINNER
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear (FX) — WINNER
Ego Nwodim, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Shoniqua Shandai, Harlem (Amazon Prime Video)
OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ava Coleman, Abbott Elementary
Brittani Nichols, Abbott Elementary
Donald Glover and Janine Nabers, Swarm
Michelle Buteau, Survival of the Thickest
Norman Vance, Jr., Saturdays — WINNER
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A COMEDY SERIES
Amy Aniobi, Survival of the Thickest
Donald Glover, Swarm
Neema Barnette, Grand Crew — WINNER
Numa Perrier, UnPrisoned
Robbie Countryman, The Upshaws
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Bel–Air (Peacock)
Black Cake (Hulu)
Found (NBC)
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (Netflix) — WINNER
Snowfall (FX)
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Damson Idris, Snowfall (FX) — WINNER
Forest Whitaker, Godfather of Harlem (MGM+)
Idris Elba, Hijack (Apple TV+)
Jabari Banks, Bel–Air (Peacock)
Jesse L. Martin, The Irrational (NBC)
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Angela Bassett, 9–1–1 (Fox)
India Ria Amarteifio, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (Netflix) — WINNER
Octavia Spencer, Truth Be Told (Apple TV+)
Queen Latifah, The Equalizer (CBS)
Zoe Saldaña, Special Ops: Lioness (Paramount+)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Adrian Holmes, Bel–Air (Peacock) — WINNER
Amin Joseph, Snowfall (FX)
Giancarlo Esposito, Godfather of Harlem (MGM+)
LaRoyce Hawkins, Chicago P.D. (NBC)
Wendell Pierce, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (Amazon Prime Video)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Adjoa Andoh, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (Netflix)
Arsema Thomas, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (Netflix)
Golda Rosheuvel, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (Netflix)
Gail Bean, Snowfall (FX) — WINNER
Nicole Beharie, The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A DRAMA SERIES
Carla Banks–Waddles, Bel–Air — WINNER
Lee Sung Jin, BEEF
Marissa Jo Cerar, Black Cake
Nkechi Okoro Carroll, Found
Shonda Rhimes, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A DRAMA SERIES
Alonso Alvarez–Barreda, Snowfall
Amin Joseph, Snowfall
Carl Seaton, Godfather of Harlem
Dawn Wilkinson, Power Book II: Ghost — WINNER
Geary McLeod, Power Book II: Ghost
OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE, LIMITED SERIES OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Black Girl Missing (Lifetime)
First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story (BET+)
Heist 88 (Showtime)
Lawmen: Bass Reeves (Paramount+)
Swarm (Amazon Prime Video) — WINNER
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE, LIMITED SERIES OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Brian Tyree Henry, Class of “09” (FX)
Courtney B. Vance, Heist 88 (Showtime)
Keith Powers, The Perfect Find (Netflix) — WINNER
Lance Reddick, The Caine Mutiny Court–Martial (Showtime)
Samuel L. Jackson, Secret Invasion (Disney+)
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION MOVIE, LIMITED SERIES OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Ali Wong, Beef (Netflix)
Chlöe Bailey, Praise This (Peacock) — WINNER
Dominique Fishback, Swarm (Amazon Prime Video)
Gabrielle Union, The Perfect Find (Netflix)
Meagan Good, Buying Back My Daughter (Lifetime)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE, LIMITED SERIES OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Carl Anthony Payne II, Binged to Death (MTV)
Damon Wayans, Cinnamon (Tubi)
Damson Idris, Swarm (Amazon Prime Video)
Don Cheadle, Secret Invasion (Disney+) — WINNER
Jharrel Jerome, Full Circle (HBO | Max)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION MOVIE, LIMITED SERIES OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Aja Naomi King, Lessons in Chemistry (Apple TV+)
CCH Pounder, Full Circle (HBO | Max)
Micheala Jaé Rodriguez, American Horror Story: Delicate (FX)
Phylicia Rashad, Heaven Down Here (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) — WINNER
Tisha Campbell, Every Breath She Takes (Lifetime)
OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR SPECIAL
Dwayne Johnson–Cochran, Heist 88 — WINNER
Frank E. Flowers, Tony Rettenmaier, Juel Taylor, Shooting Stars
Marlon Wayans, Marlon Wayans: God Loves Me
Sam Jay, Sam Jay: Salute Me or Shoot Me
Tina Gordon, Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana, Jana Savage and Camilla Blackett, Praise This
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR SPECIAL
Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr., Cinnamon
Chris Robinson, Shooting Stars — WINNER
Keke Palmer, Big Boss
Numa Perrier, The Perfect Find
Vivica A. Fox, First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story
OUTSTANDING HOST IN A TALK OR NEWS/INFORMATION (SERIES OR SPECIAL)
Bomani Jones, Game Theory with Bomani Jones
Joy Reid, The Reidout
Sherri Shepherd, Sherri — WINNER
Tamron Hall, Tamron Hall
Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin, The View
OUTSTANDING HOST IN A REALITY/REALITY COMPETITION, GAME SHOW OR VARIETY (SERIES OR SPECIAL)
Anthony Anderson and Cedric The Entertainer, Kings of BBQ
DC Young Fly, Celebrity Squares — WINNER
Nick Cannon, The Masked Singer
RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Steve Harvey, Celebrity Family Feud
OUTSTANDING GUEST PERFORMANCE
Ayo Edebiri, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Garcelle Beauvais, Survival of the Thickest (Netflix)
Giancarlo Esposito, The Mandalorian (Disney+)
Michael B. Jordan, Saturday Night Live (NBC) — WINNER
Roy Wood, Jr., The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH CREATIVE (TELEVISION)
Adjani Salmon, Dreaming Whilst Black (Showtime)
Kale Futterman, Ginny & Georgia (Netflix)
Michelle Buteau, Survival of the Thickest (Netflix) — WINNER
Thara Popoola, Sex Education (Netflix)
Troy Hunter, Sex Education (Netflix)
OUTSTANDING TALK SERIES
Hart to Heart (Peacock)
Sherri (Syndicated)
Tamron Hall (ABC News/Disney Media Distribution)
The Jennifer Hudson Show (Syndicated) — WINNER
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts (Disney+)
OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM, REALITY COMPETITION OR GAME SHOW (SERIES
America’s Got Talent (NBC)
Barbecue Showdown (Netflix)
Celebrity Family Feud (ABC)
Critter Fixers: Country Vets (Nat Geo WILD)
Wild ‘N Out (VH1) — WINNER
OUTSTANDING VARIETY SHOW (SERIES OR SPECIAL)
A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO | Max) — WINNER
A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip–Hop (CBS)
Chris Rock: Selective Outrage (Netflix)
My Name is Mo’Nique (Netflix)
Wanda Sykes: I’m An Entertainer (Netflix)
OUTSTANDING NEWS/INFORMATION (SERIES OR SPECIAL)
20/20 – Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water – A Conversation with Robin Roberts — WINNER
The 1619 Project
theGrio with Marc Lamont Hill
The Reidout
Into America
OUTSTANDING CHILDREN’S PROGRAM
Ada Twist, Scientist
Alma’s Way
Craig of the Creek
Gracie’s Corner — WINNER
My Dad The Bounty Hunter
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH (SERIES, SPECIAL, TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES)
Alaya High, That Girl Lay Lay
Elisha “EJ” Williams, The Wonder Years
Jalyn Hall, The Crossover
Keivonn Woodard, The Last of Us
Leah Sava Jeffries, Percy Jackson and the Olympians — WINNER
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED SERIES
Big Mouth
Gracie’s Corner
Marvel’s Spidey & His Amazing Friends
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder — WINNER
Young Love
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A SHORT FORM SERIES
Jessica Mikayla, Disney Launchpad Season 2
Kevin Hart, Die Hart 2: Die Harter
Leslie Jones, After the Cut–The Daily Show — WINNER
Nathalie Emmanuel, Die Hart 2: Die Harter
Seth Carr, Disney Launchpad Season 2
OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM SERIES – COMEDY OR DRAMA
After the Cut
Die Hart 2: Die Harter
Disney Launchpad Season 2
Doggyland — WINNER
I Am Groot
OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM SERIES – REALITY/NONFICTION
Did You Know?
I Was A Soul Train Dancer — WINNER
Mama Mann’s Kitchen
Ritual
RuPaul’s Drag Race
OUTSTANDING CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE (TELEVISION)
Cree Summer, Rugrats
Issa Rae, Young Love
Keke Palmer, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
Kyla Pratt, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder — WINNER
Scott Mescudi, Young Love
Film Winners
OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE
American Fiction
Origin
Rustin
The Color Purple — WINNER
They Cloned Tyrone
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE
Colman Domingo, Rustin — WINNER
Denzel Washington, The Equalizer 3
Jamie Foxx, The Burial
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
John Boyega, They Cloned Tyrone
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE
Aunjanue Ellis–Taylor, Origin
Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple — WINNER
Halle Bailey, The Little Mermaid
Teyana Taylor, A Thousand And One
Yara Shahidi, Sitting in Bars with Cake
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE
Colman Domingo, The Color Purple — WINNER
Corey Hawkins, The Color Purple
Glynn Turman, Rustin
Jamie Foxx, They Cloned Tyrone
Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Erika Alexander, American Fiction
Halle Bailey, The Color Purple
Taraji P. Henson, The Color Purple — WINNER
OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT MOTION PICTURE
Back on the Strip
Brother — WINNER
Story Ave
Sweetwater
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster
OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE
Anatomy of a Fall
Brother — WINNER
Mami Wata
Rye Lane
Society of the Snow
OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Aaron Pierre, Brother
Laya DeLeon Hayes, The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster
Mila Davis–Kent, Creed III
Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, The Color Purple — WINNER
Teyana Taylor, A Thousand And One
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE
American Fiction
Rustin
The Blackening
The Color Purple — WINNER
They Cloned Tyrone
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE
Elemental
Lil’ Ruby
Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse — WINNER
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Wish
OUTSTANDING CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Ariana DeBose, Wish
Brian Tyree Henry, Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse
Daniel Kaluuya, Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse
Issa Rae, Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse — WINNER
Shameik Moore, Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse
OUTSTANDING SHORT-FORM (LIVE ACTION)
Flower
Gaps
Lucille
Rocky Road on Channel Three
The After — WINNER
OUTSTANDING SHORT-FORM (ANIMATED)
Blueberry
Bridges
Burning Rubber
Ego’ Curse
Lil’ Ruby — WINNER
OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH CREATIVE (MOTION PICTURE)
A.V. Rockwell, A Thousand and One
Blitz Bazawule, The Color Purple — WINNER
Choice Skinner, A New Life
Dewayne Perkins, The Blackening
Juel Taylor, They Cloned Tyrone
OUTSTANDING YOUTH PERFORMANCE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Aaron Kingsley Adetola, A Thousand And One
Aven Courtnery, A Thousand And One
Calah Lane, Wonka
Lennox Simms, Origin
Mila Davis–Kent, Creed III — WINNER
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A FEATURE FILM
C. Kim Miles, Julia Liu and Clair Popkin, STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Eric K. Yue, A Thousand and One — WINNER
Guy Godfree, Brother
Ken Seng, They Cloned Tyrone
Paul Yee, Joy Ride
OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A MOTION PICTURE
A.V. Rockwell, A Thousand and One
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction — WINNER
Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmaier, They Cloned Tyrone
Maggie Betts, Doug Wright, The Burial
Marcus Gardley, The Color Purple
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A MOTION PICTURE
Antoine Fuqua, The Equalizer 3
Ava DuVernay, Origin — WINNER
George C. Wolfe, Rustin
Juel Taylor, They Cloned Tyrone
Michael B. Jordan, Creed III
Recording Winners
OUTSTANDING NEW ARTIST
FLO
Jordan Ward
Leon Thomas
October London
Victoria Monét — WINNER
OUTSTANDING MALE ARTIST
Burna Boy
Chris Brown
Davido
Jon Batiste
Usher — WINNER
OUTSTANDING FEMALE ARTIST
Ari Lennox
H.E.R. — WINNER
Janelle Monáe
Tems
Victoria Monét
OUTSTANDING GOSPEL/CHRISTIAN ALBUM
All Yours, Kierra Sheard
Father’s Day, Kirk Franklin — WINNER
Impossible, Pastor Mike, Jr.
My Truth, Jonathan McReynolds
The Maverick Way Complete, Maverick City Music
OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL SONG
“Amapiano,” Asake feat. Olamide
“City Boys,” Burna Boy
“Me & U,” Tems — WINNER
“People,” Libianca feat. Ayra Starr & Omah Lay
“Unavailable,” Davido
OUTSTANDING ALBUM
Clear 2: Soft Life, Summer Walker
For All The Dogs, Drake
I Told Them…, Burna Boy
Jaguar II, Victoria Monét — WINNER
The Age of Pleasure, Janelle Monáe
OUTSTANDING SOUNDTRACK/COMPILATION ALBUM
Creed III: The Soundtrack
Godfather of Harlem: Season 3 (Original Series Soundtrack)
Metro Boomin Presents Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse (Soundtrack From and Inspired by the Motion Picture/Deluxe Edition)
The Color Purple–Original Motion Picture Soundtrack — WINNER
The Little Mermaid Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
OUTSTANDING GOSPEL/CHRISTIAN SONG
“All Things,” Kirk Franklin
“All Yours,” Kierra Sheard feat. Anthony Brown — WINNER
“In The Room,” Maverick City Music
“It’s Working,” Todd Dulaney
“JOY (Unspeakable),” Voices of Fire feat. Pharrell Williams
OUTSTANDING JAZZ ALBUM
Brand New Life, Brandee Younger — WINNER
Melusine, Cécile McLorin Salvant
Who Are You When No One is Watching?, Braxton Cook
Phoenix, Lakecia Benjamin
Truth Be Told, Angie Wells (Cafe Pacific Records)
OUTSTANDING HIP-HOP/RAP SONG
“All My Life,” Lil Durk feat. J. Cole
“Blue Eyes,” Vic Mensa
“Cobra,” Megan Thee Stallion — WINNER
“Palisades, CA,” Larry June & The Alchemist
“Sittin’ On Top of the World,” Burna Boy & 21 Savage
OUTSTANDING SOUL/R&B SONG
“Back To Your Place,” October London
“Good Good,” Usher feat. 21 Savage x Summer Walker
“ICU Remix,” Coco Jones feat. Justin Timberlake — WINNER
“On My Mama,” Victoria Monét
“Lipstick Lover,” Janelle Monáe
OUTSTANDING DUO, GROUP OR COLLABORATION (TRADITIONAL)
Ciara feat. Chris Brown, “How We Roll” — WINNER
Coco Jones feat. Justin Timberlake, “ICU Remix”
Dreamville, Bas & Black Sherif feat. Kel–P, “Creed III: Soundtrack”
Karen Clark Sheard, Hezekiah Walker, Kierra Sheard, “God Is Good”
Voices of Fire, Joy (Unspeakable)”
OUTSTANDING DUO, GROUP OR COLLABORATION (CONTEMPORARY)
Burna Boy & 21 Savage, “Sittin’ On Top of the World”
Chris Brown feat. Davido & Lojay , “Sensational” — WINNER
Lil Durk & J. Cole, “All My Life”
Usher, 21 Savage, Summer Walker, “Good Good”
Victoria Monét feat. Lucky Day, “Smoke”
OUTSTANDING MUSIC VIDEO/VISUAL ALBUM
“Boyfriend,” Usher
“Cobra,” Megan Thee Stallion
“How We Roll,” Ciara
“On My Mama,” Victoria Monét
“Sensational,” Chris Brown feat. Davido & Lojay — WINNER
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR TV/FILM
American Fiction, Laura Karpman
Rustin, Branford Marsalis
The Color Purple, Kris Bowers
The Other Black Girl, EmmoLei Sankofa
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Jongnic Bontemps — WINNER
Documentary Winners
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY (FILM)
American Symphony
Fast Dreams
Invisible Beauty — WINNER
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Stamped from the Beginning
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY (TELEVISION)
American Experience
Dear Mama
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America — WINNER
Kevin Hart & Chris Rock: Headliners Only
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip–Hop
OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM DOCUMENTARY
Alive in Bronze: Huey P. Newton
Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney
Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games — WINNER
Freshwater
Ifine: Beauty
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A DOCUMENTARY (TELEVISION OR MOTION PICTURE)
Allen Hughes, Dear Mama — WINNER
Bethann Hardison, Frédéric Tcheng, Invisible Beauty
Dave Wooley, David Heilbroner, Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over
Lisa Cortés, Little Richard: I Am Everything
Roger Ross Williams, Stamped from the Beginning
Literary Winners
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – FICTION
Everything Is Not Enough, Lola Akinmade Åkerström
Family Lore, Elizabeth Acevedo — WINNER
House of Eve, Sadeqa Johnson
Let Us Descend, Jesmyn Ward
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, James McBride
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – NONFICTION
Black AF History: The Un–Whitewashed Story of America, Michael Harriot
BLK ART: The Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western Art, Zaria Ware
Iconic Home: Interiors, Advice, and Stories from 50 Amazing Black Designers, Black Interior Designers and June Reese
The Art of Ruth E. Carter, Ruth E. Carter (Foreword by Danai Gurira)
The New Brownies’ Book: A Love Letter to Black Families, Karida L. Brown and Charly Palmer — WINNER
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – DEBUT AUTHOR
And Then He Sang a Lullaby, Ani Kayode Somtochukwu
Coleman Hill: A Novel, Kim Coleman Foote
Rootless, Krystle Zara Appiah — WINNER
The Black Joy Project, Kleaver Cruz
The God of Good Looks, Breanne McIvor
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Love and Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts, Maya Moore Irons
Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds, Rich Paul
Nothing Is Missing, Nicole Walters
Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Tanisha C. Ford — WINNER
Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes, Stephen A. Smith
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – INSTRUCTIONAL
Badass Vegan: Fuel Your Body, Ph*ck the System, and Live Your Life Right, John Lewis
Everyday Grand: Soulful Recipes for Celebrating Life’s Big and Small Moments, Jocelyn Delk Adams and Olga Massov
Flower Love: Lush Floral Arrangements for the Heart and Home, Kristen Griffith–VanderYacht
Historically Black Phrases: From “I Ain’t One of Your Lil’ Friends” to “Who All Gon” Be There?,” Jarett Hill and Tre’vell Anderson — WINNER
Livable Luxe, Brigette Romanek
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – POETRY
Above Ground, Clint Smith
So to Speak, Terrance Hayes
suddenly we, Evie Shockley — WINNER
The Ferguson Report: An Erasure, Nicole Sealey
Why Fathers Cry at Night, Kwame Alexander
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – CHILDREN
CROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora, Kahran Bethencourt — WINNER
How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee, Carole Boston Weathorford and Frank Morrison
I Absolutely, Positively Love My Spots, Lid’ya C. Rivera and Nina Mata
Is This Love?, Cedella Marley and Alea Marley
Like Lava In My Veins, Derrick Barnes and Shawn Martinbrough
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – YOUTH/TEENS
Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans, Isi Hendrix
Eb & Flow, Kelly J. Baptist
Everyone’s Thinking It, Aleema Omotoni — WINNER
Fatima Tate Takes the Cake, Khadijah VanBrakle
Friday I’m in Love, Camryn Garrett
OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC NOVEL
Curlfriends: New in Town, Sharee Miller
Ms Davis: A Graphic Biography, Sybille Titeux de la Croix and Amazing Améziane
Queenie: Godmother of Harlem, Aurelie Levy and Elizabeth Colomba
Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America, Dr. Ibram X Kendi and Joel Christian Gill
The Talk, Darrin Bell — WINNER
Podcast Winners
OUTSTANDING NEWS AND INFORMATION PODCAST
Sunday Civics
Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn–Grant
Holding Court with Eboni K. Williams — WINNER
Into America with Trymaine Lee
The Assignment with Audie Cornish
OUTSTANDING LIFESTYLE/SELF-HELP PODCAST
Black Money Tree — WINNER
Chile, Please
Is This Going To Cause An Argument
The Laverne Cox Show
The Light
OUTSTANDING SOCIETY AND CULTURE PODCAST
Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay
Jill Scott Presents: J.ill the Podcast
More Than That with Gia Peppers
The 85 South Show with Karlous Miller, DC Young Fly and Chico Bean — WINNER
The Bakari Sellers Podcast
OUTSTANDING ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT PODCAST
All the Smoke
Baby, This is Keke Palmer
Being Black: The 80s
Here’s The Thing — WINNER
Nightcap with Unc and Ocho
OUTSTANDING SCRIPTED SERIES PODCAST
Crimson Hearts Collide
Small Victories
TwentyOne 21: A Black AF Scripted Audio Comedy
Whose Amazing Life?
Yes We Cannabis — WINNER
OUTSTANDING PODCAST – LIMITED SERIES/SHORT FORM
I Am Story
Official Ignorance: The Death in Custody Podcast
Reclaimed: the Forgotten League
The Greatest Day: The Epic Story Behind Hip–Hop’s Most Iconic Photograph
Wakanda Forever: The Official Black Panther Podcast — WINNER
Costume Design, Make-Up and Hairstyling Winners
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN (TELEVISION OR FILM)
Charlese Antoinette Jones, Air
Dierdra Elizabeth Govan, I’m A Virgo
Toni–Leslie James, Josh Quinn, Rustin
Francine Jamison–Tanchuck, The Color Purple — WINNER
Marci Rodgers, Richard Gross, Paul A. Simmons Jr., Shooting Stars
OUTSTANDING MAKE-UP (TELEVISION OR FILM)
Cole Patterson, Fabiola Mercado, Bel–Air
Miho Suzuki, Lessons in Chemistry
Beverly Jo Pryor, Eric Pagdin and Quintessence Patterson, Rustin
Carol Rasheed, Saisha Beecham, Ngozi Olandu Young, Manny Davila and Milene Melendez, The Color Purple — WINNER
Denise Pugh–Ruiz, UnPrisoned
OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING (TELEVISION OR FILM)
Shavonne Brown, A Black Lady Sketch Show
Carla Joi Farmer, Air
Elizabeth Robinson, Creed III
Melissa “Missy” Forney and Sterfon Demings, A Black Lady Sketch Show
Lawrence Davis, Tym Wallace, Andrea Mona Bowen, Angela Renae Dyson and Jorge Benitez Villalobos, The Color Purple — WINNER
OUTSTANDING STUNT ENSEMBLE (TV or Film)
Creed III — WINNER
The Continental: From the World of John Wick
They Cloned Tyrone
Titans
Warrior
OUTSTANDING SOCIAL MEDIA PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Angel Laketa Moore — WINNER
Druski
Keith Lee
Lynae Vanee
Terrell Grice
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Colman Domingo
Fantasia Barrino
Halle Bailey
Keke Palmer
Usher — WINNER
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Frankie Beverly
VANGUARD AWARD
June Ambrose
