The winners will be revealed during the twoâhour live TV special, airing Saturday, March 16 at 8:00 PM ET/ PT on BET and CBS.
The NAACP Image Award Nominations have been announced, with The Color Purple leading with a total of 16 nominations.
The winners will be revealed during the twoâhour live TV special, airing Saturday, March 16 at 8:00 PM ET/ PT on BET and CBS, Variety reports. The winners will also be recognized by NAACP in a non-televised Image Awards streaming event on March 11-14.
Colman Domingo, Fantasia Barrino, Halle Bailey, Keke Palmer, and Usher were nominated for Entertainer of the Year.
The Color Purple was nominated for Outstanding Motion Picture, Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture,Â
Barrino also received a nod for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for her performance in The Color Purple.
Danielle Brooks was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for playing Sofia in The Color Purple.
Taraji P. Henson was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her performance as Shug Avery in The Color Purple.
Domingo was nominated for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for his performance in Rustin, also nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his performance in The Color Purple.
Corey Hawkins was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his performance in The Color Purple.
Halle Bailey was also nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for her performance in The Little Mermaid. She also received a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for The Color Purple.
Phylicia Pearl Mpasi was nominated for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture for her performance as Young Celie in The Color Purple.
Blitz Bazawule was nominated for Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture) for The Color Purple.
Wish was nominated for Outstanding Animated Motion Picture, along with Ariana DeBose being nominated for Outstanding Character VoiceâOver Performance â Motion Picture.
Da'Vine Joy Randolph was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her performance in The Holdovers.
Sheryl Lee Ralph was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Abbott Elementary.
The Jennifer Hudson Show was nominated for Outstanding Talk Series.
Jesse L. Martin was nominated for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for The Irrational.
âThe Little Mermaid Original Motion Picture Soundtrack â Alan Menken, Mike Higham and LinâManuel Miranda (Walt Disney Records) was nominated for Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album.
âThe Color PurpleâOriginal Motion Picture Soundtrackâ â Various Producers (WaterTower Music/Gamma) was also nominated for Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album.
Colman Domingo
Fantasia Barrino
Halle Bailey
Keke Palmer
Usher
âAmerican Fictionâ (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
âOriginâ (NEON)
âRustinâ (Netflix)
âThe Color Purpleâ (Warner Bros. Pictures)
âThey Cloned Tyroneâ (Netflix)
Colman Domingo â âRustinâ (Netflix)
Denzel Washington â âThe Equalizer 3â (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Jamie Foxx â âThe Burialâ (Amazon MGM Studios)
Jeffrey Wright â âAmerican Fictionâ (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
John Boyega â âThey Cloned Tyroneâ (Netflix)
Aunjanue EllisâTaylor â âOriginâ (NEON)
Fantasia Barrino â âThe Color Purpleâ (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Halle Bailey  â âThe Little Mermaidâ (Walt Disney Pictures)
Teyana Taylor â âA Thousand And Oneâ (Focus Features)
Yara Shahidi â âSitting in Bars with Cakeâ (Amazon MGM Studios)
Colman Domingo â âThe Color Purpleâ (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Corey Hawkins â âThe Color Purpleâ (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Glynn Turman â âRustinâ (Netflix)
Jamie Foxx â âThey Cloned Tyroneâ (Netflix)
Sterling K. Brown â âAmerican Fictionâ (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
Danielle Brooks â âThe Color Purpleâ (Warner Bros. Pictures)
DaâVine Joy Randolph â âThe Holdoversâ (Focus Features)
Erika Alexander â âAmerican Fictionâ (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
Halle Bailey â âThe Color Purpleâ (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Taraji P. Henson â âThe Color Purpleâ (Warner Bros. Pictures)
âBack on the Stripâ (GVN Releasing LLC)
âBrotherâ (Vertical Entertainment)
âStory Aveâ (Kino Lorber)
âSweetwaterâ (Briarcliff Entertainment/Universal)
âThe Angry Black Girl and Her Monsterâ (RLJE Films)
âAnatomy of a Fallâ (NEON)
âBrotherâ (Vertical Entertainment)
âMami Wataâ (Dekanalog)
âRye Laneâ (Searchlight Pictures)
âSociety of the Snowâ (Netflix)
Aaron Pierre â âBrotherâ (Vertical Entertainment)
Laya DeLeon Hayes â âThe Angry Black Girl and Her Monsterâ (RLJE Films)
Mila DavisâKent â âCreed IIIâ (Amazon MGM Studios)
Phylicia Pearl Mpasi â âThe Color Purpleâ (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Teyana Taylor â âA Thousand And Oneâ (Focus Features)
âAmerican Fictionâ (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
âRustinâ (Netflix)
âThe Blackeningâ (Lionsgate and MRC)
âThe Color Purpleâ (Warner Bros. Pictures)
âThey Cloned Tyroneâ (Netflix)
âElementalâ (Pixar Animation Studios)
âLilâ Rubyâ
âSpiderâMan: Across the SpiderâVerseâ (Sony Pictures Releasing)
âTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhemâ (Paramount Pictures)
âWishâ (Walt Disney Animation Studios)
Ariana DeBose â âWishâ (Walt Disney Animation Studios)
Brian Tyree Henry â âSpiderâMan: Across the SpiderâVerseâ (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Daniel Kaluuya â âSpiderâMan: Across the SpiderâVerseâ (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Issa Rae â âSpiderâMan: Across the SpiderâVerseâ (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Shameik Moore â âSpiderâMan: Across the SpiderâVerseâ (Sony Pictures Releasing)
âFlowerâ (Life in Motion/Funbomb)
âGapsâ (Tribeca Studios)
âLucilleâ (QTGEEK)
âRocky Road on Channel Threeâ (Indeed)
âThe Afterâ (Netflix)
âBlueberryâ (Ace Animation Studios)
âBridgesâ (OHR Media)
âBurning Rubberâ (Reel Black Studios)
âEgoâ Curseâ (Exhibit Treal Studios)
âLilâ Rubyâ (Platige)
A.V. Rockwell â âA Thousand and Oneâ (Focus Features)
Blitz Bazawule â âThe Color Purpleâ (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Choice Skinner â âA New Lifeâ (Buffalo 8)
Dewayne Perkins â âThe Blackeningâ (Lionsgate and MRC)
Juel Taylor â âThey Cloned Tyroneâ (Netflix)
Aaron Kingsley Adetola â âA Thousand And Oneâ (Focus Features)
Aven Courtnery â âA Thousand And Oneâ (Focus Features)
Calah Lane â âWonkaâ (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Lennox Simms â âOriginâ (NEON)
Mila DavisâKent â âCreed IIIâ (Amazon MGM Studios)
C. Kim Miles, Julia Liu, Clair Popkin â âSTILL: Â A Michael J. Fox Movieâ (Apple Original Films)
Eric K. Yue â âA Thousand and Oneâ (Focus Features)
Guy Godfree â âBrotherâ (Vertical Entertainment)
Ken Seng â âThey Cloned Tyroneâ (Netflix)
Paul Yee â âJoy Rideâ (Lionsgate)
âAbbott Elementaryâ (ABC)
âHarlemâ (Amazon Prime Video)
âSurvival of the Thickestâ (Netflix)
âThe Neighborhoodâ (CBS)
âUnPrisonedâ (Hulu/Onyx)
Cedric the Entertainer â âThe Neighborhoodâ (CBS)
Delroy Lindo â âUnPrisonedâ (Hulu/Onyx)
DulĂ© Hill â â The Wonder Yearsâ (ABC)
Mike Epps â âThe Upshawsâ (Netflix)
Tone Bell â âSurvival of the Thickestâ (Netflix)
Kerry Washington â âUnPrisonedâ (Hulu/Onyx)
Meagan Good â âHarlemâ (Amazon Prime Video)
Michelle Buteau â âSurvival of the Thickestâ (Netflix)
Quinta Brunson â âAbbott Elementaryâ (ABC)
Tichina Arnold â âThe Neighborhoodâ (CBS)
Kenan Thompson â âSaturday Night Liveâ (NBC)
Roy Wood Jr. â âThe Daily Showâ (Comedy Central)
Tyler Lepley â âHarlemâ (Amazon Prime Video)
Tyler James Williams â âAbbott Elementaryâ (ABC)
William Stanford Davis â âAbbott Elementaryâ (ABC)
Ayo Edebiri â âThe Bearâ (FX)
Ego Nwodim â âSaturday Night Liveâ (NBC)
Janelle James â âAbbott Elementaryâ (ABC)
Sheryl Lee Ralph â âAbbott Elementaryâ (ABC)
Shoniqua Shandai â âHarlemâ (Amazon Prime Video)
âBelâAirâ (Peacock)
âBlack Cakeâ (Hulu)
âFoundâ (NBC)
âQueen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Storyâ (Netflix)
âSnowfallâ (FX)
Damson Idris â âSnowfallâ (FX)
Forest Whitaker â âGodfather of Harlemâ (MGM+)
Idris Elba â âHijackâ (Apple TV+)
Jabari Banks â âBelâAirâ (Peacock)
Jesse L. Martin â âThe Irrationalâ (NBC)
Angela Bassett â â9â1â1â (FOX)
India Ria Amarteifio â âQueen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Storyâ (Netflix)
Octavia Spencer  â âTruth Be Toldâ (Apple TV+)
Queen Latifah â âThe Equalizerâ (CBS)
Zoe Saldaña â âSpecial Ops: Lionessâ (Paramount+)
Adrian Holmes â âBelâAirâ (Peacock)
Amin Joseph â âSnowfallâ (FX)
Giancarlo Esposito â âGodfather of Harlemâ (MGM+)
LaRoyce Hawkins â âChicago PDâ (NBC)
Wendell Pierce â âTom Clancyâs Jack Ryanâ (Amazon Prime Video)
Adjoa Andoh â âQueen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Storyâ (Netflix)
Arsema Thomas  â âQueen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Storyâ (Netflix)
Golda Rosheuvel â âQueen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Storyâ (Netflix)
Gail Bean â âSnowfallâ (FX)
Nicole Beharie â âThe Morning Showâ (Apple TV+)
âBlack Girl Missingâ (Lifetime)
âFirst Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Storyâ (BET+)
âHeist 88â (Showtime)
âLawmen: Bass Reevesâ (Paramount+)
âSwarmâ (Amazon Prime Video)
Brian Tyree Henry â âClass of â09â (FX)
Courtney B. Vance â âHeist 88â (Showtime)
Keith Powers â âThe Perfect Findâ (Netflix)
Lance Reddick â âThe Caine Mutiny CourtâMartialâ (Showtime)
Samuel L. Jackson â âSecret Invasionâ (Disney+)
Ali Wong â âBeefâ (Netflix)
Chlöe Bailey â âPraise Thisâ (Peacock)
Dominique Fishback â âSwarmâ (Amazon Prime Video)
Gabrielle Union â âThe Perfect Findâ (Netflix)
Meagan Good â âBuying Back My Daughterâ (Lifetime)
Carl Anthony Payne II â âBinged to Deathâ (MTV)
Damon Wayans â âCinnamonâ (Tubi)
Damson Idris â âSwarmâ (Amazon Prime Video)
Don Cheadle â âSecret Invasionâ (Disney+)
Jharrel Jerome â âFull Circleâ (HBO | Max)
Aja Naomi King â âLessons in Chemistryâ (Apple TV+)
CCH Pounder â âFull Circleâ (HBO | Max)
Micheala JaĂ© Rodriguez â âAmerican Horror Story: Delicateâ (FX)
Phylicia Rashad â âHeaven Down Hereâ (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)
Tisha Campbell â âEvery Breath She Takesâ (Lifetime)
â20/20 â Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water â A Conversation with Robin Robertsâ (ABC)
âThe 1619 Projectâ (Hulu)
âtheGrio with Marc Lamont Hillâ (theGrio Cable Network)
âThe Reidoutâ (MSNBC)
âInto Americaâ (MSNBC)
âHart to Heartâ (Peacock)
âSherriâ (Syndicated)
âTamron Hallâ (ABC News/Disney Media Distribution)
âThe Jennifer Hudson Showâ (Syndicated)
âTurning the Tables with Robin Robertsâ (Disney+)
âAmericaâs Got Talentâ (NBC)
âBarbecue Showdownâ (Netflix)
âCelebrity Family Feudâ (ABC)
âCritter Fixers: Country Vetsâ (Nat Geo WILD)
âWild âN Outâ (VH1)
âA Black Lady Sketch Showâ (HBO Max)
âA Grammy Salute to 50 Years of HipâHopâ (CBS)
âChris Rock: Selective Outrageâ (Netflix)
âMy Name is MoâNiqueâ (Netflix)
âWanda Sykes: Iâm An Entertainerâ (Netflix)
âAda Twist, Scientistâ (Netflix)
âAlmaâs Wayâ (PBS Kids)
âCraig of the Creekâ (Cartoon Network)
âGracieâs Cornerâ (YouTube TV)
âMy Dad The Bounty Hunterâ (Netflix)
Alaya High â âThat Girl Lay Layâ (Nickelodeon)
Elisha âEJâ Williams â âThe Wonder Yearsâ (ABC)
Jalyn Hall â âThe Crossoverâ (Disney+)
Keivonn Woodard â âThe Last of Usâ (HBO Max)
Leah Sava Jeffries â âPercy Jackson and the Olympiansâ (Disney+)
Bomani Jones â âGame Theory with Bomani Jonesâ (HBO Max)
Joy Reid â âThe Reidoutâ (NBC)
Sherri Shepherd â âSherriâ (Syndicated)
Tamron Hall â âTamron Hallâ (ABC News/Disney Media Distribution)
Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Alyssa Farah Griffin â âThe Viewâ (ABC)
Anthony Anderson, Cedric the Entertainer â â Kings of BBQâ (A&E)
DC Young Fly â âCelebrity Squaresâ (VH1)
Nick Cannon â âThe Masked Singerâ (FOX)
RuPaul Charles â âRuPaulâs Drag Raceâ (MTV)
Steve Harvey â âCelebrity Family Feudâ (ABC)
Ayo Edebiri â âAbbott Elementaryâ (ABC)
Garcelle Beauvais â âSurvival of the Thickestâ (Netflix)
Giancarlo Esposito â âThe Mandalorianâ (Disney+)
Michael B. Jordan â âSaturday Night Liveâ (NBC)
Roy Wood, Jr. â âThe Daily Showâ (Comedy Central)
âBig Mouthâ (Netflix)
âGracieâs Cornerâ (YouTube TV)
âMarvelâs Spidey & His Amazing Friendsâ (Disney Junior)
âThe Proud Family: Louder and Prouderâ (Disney Channel)
âYoung Loveâ (HBO Max)
Cree Summer â âRugratsâ (Paramount+)
Issa Rae â âYoung Loveâ (HBO Max)
Keke Palmer â âThe Proud Family: Louder and Prouderâ (Disney Channel)
Kyla Pratt â âThe Proud Family: Louder and Prouderâ (Disney Channel)
Scott Mescudi â âYoung Loveâ (HBO Max)
Jessica Mikayla â Disney âLaunchpadâ Season Two (Disney+)
Kevin Hart â âDie Hart 2: Die Harterâ (Roku)
Leslie Jones â âAfter the CutâThe Daily Showâ (Comedy Central)
Nathalie Emmanuel â âDie Hart 2: Die Harterâ (Roku)
Seth Carr â Disney âLaunchpadâ Season Two (Disney+)
âAfter the Cutâ (Comedy Central)
âDie Hart 2: Die Harterâ (Roku)
Disney âLaunchpadâ Season Two (Disney+)
âDoggylandâ (YouTube)
âI Am Grootâ (Disney+)
âDid You Know?â (theGrio Cable Network)
âI Was A Soul Train Dancerâ (BET)
âMama Mannâs Kitchenâ (YouTube TV)
âRitualâ (PBS)
âRuPaulâs Drag Raceâ (MTV)
Adjani Salmon â âDreaming Whilst Blackâ (Showtime)
Kale Futterman â âGinny & Georgiaâ (Netflix)
Michelle Buteau â âSurvival of the Thickestâ (Netflix)
Thara Popoola â âSex Educationâ (Netflix)
Troy Hunter â âSex Educationâ (Netflix)
FLO (Uptown Records / Republic Records)
Jordan Ward (Artium/Interscope Records)
Leon Thomas (EZMNY Records/Motown Records)
October London (Death Row Records)
Victoria Monét (RCA Records/Lovett Music)
Burna Boy (Atlantic Records)
Chris Brown (RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment)
Davido (RCA Records/Sony Music UK)
Jon Batiste (Verve Records)
Usher (Mega/Gamma)
Ari Lennox (Dreamville/Interscope Records)
H.E.R. (RCA Records)
Janelle MonĂĄe (Atlantic Records/Bad Boy/Wondaland)
Tems (RCA Records/Since â93)
Victoria Monét (RCA Records/Lovett Music)
âAll Yoursâ â Kierra Sheard (RCA Inspiration / Karew Entertainment)
âFatherâs Dayâ â Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul Recordings and RCA Records)
âImpossibleâ â Pastor Mike, Jr. (Rock City/Black Smoke)
âMy Truthâ â Jonathan McReynolds (MNRK Music Group)
âThe Maverick Way Completeâ â Maverick City Music (Insignia & TRIBL Records)
âAmapianoâ â Asake feat. Olamide (YBNL Nation / EMPIRE)
âCity Boysâ â Burna Boy (Atlantic Records)
âMe & Uâ â Tems (RCA Records/Since â93)
âPeopleâ â Libianca feat. Ayra Starr & Omah Lay (RCA Records/Sony Music UK/5K Records)
âUnavailableâ â Davido (RCA Records/Sony Music UK)
âBoyfriendâ â Usher (Mega/Gamma)
âCobraâ â Megan Thee Stallion (Hot Girl Productions)
âHow We Rollâ â Ciara (Beauty Marks Entertainment)
âOn My Mamaâ â Victoria MonĂ©t (RCA Records/Lovett Music)
âSensationalâ â Chris Brown feat. Davido & Lojay (RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment)
âClear 2: Soft Lifeâ â Summer Walker (LVRN/Interscope Records)
âFor All The Dogsâ â Drake (OVO/Republic Records)
âI Told ThemâŠâ â Burna Boy (Atlantic Records)
âJaguar IIâ â Victoria MonĂ©t (RCA Records/Lovett Music)
âThe Age of Pleasureâ â Janelle MonĂĄe (Atlantic Records/Bad Boy/Wondaland)
âCreed III: The Soundtrackâ â Michael B. Jordan, Ludwig Göransson, Archie Davis, Frank Brim (Dreamville / Interscope Records)
âGodfather of Harlem: Season 3 (Original Series Soundtrack)â â Swizz Beatz & Avery Chambliss (Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment)
âMetro Boomin Presents SpiderâMan: Across the SpiderâVerse (Soundtrack From and Inspired by the Motion Picture/Deluxe Edition)â â Metro Boomin (Republic Records)
âThe Color PurpleâOriginal Motion Picture Soundtrackâ â Various Producers (WaterTower Music/Gamma)
âThe Little Mermaid Original Motion Picture Soundtrack â Alan Menken, Mike Higham and LinâManuel Miranda (Walt Disney Records)
âAll Thingsâ â Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul Recordings and RCA Records)
âAll Yoursâ â Kierra Sheard feat. Anthony Brown (RCA Inspiration / Karew Entertainment)
âIn The Roomâ â Maverick City Music (TRIBL Records)
âItâs Workingâ â Todd Dulaney (DulaneyLand / MNRK)
âJOY (Unspeakable) â Â Voices of Fire feat. Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records)
âBrand New Lifeâ â Brandee Younger (Impulse! Records)
âMelusine â â CĂ©cile McLorin Salvant (Nonesuch Records)
âWho Are You When No One is Watching?â â Braxton Cook (Nettwerk Music Group)
âPhoenixâ â Lakecia Benjamin (Whirlwind Recordings)
âTruth Be Toldâ â Angie Wells (Cafe Pacific Records)
âBack To Your Placeâ â October London
âGood Goodâ â Usher feat. 21 Savage x Summer Walker
âICU Remixâ â Coco Jones feat. Justin Timberlake
âOn My Mamaâ â Victoria MonĂ©t
âLipstick Loverâ â Janelle MonĂĄe
âAll My Lifeâ â Lil Durk feat. J. Cole (Alamo Records)
âBlue Eyesâ â Vic Mensa (Roc Nation Records, LLC)
âCobraâ â Megan Thee Stallion (Atlantic/Warner Bros/Mattel and 10K Projects/Capitol Records)
âPalisades, CAâ â Larry June & The Alchemist (The Freeminded Records/ALC/EMPIRE)
âSittinâ On Top of the Worldâ â Burna Boy & 21 Savage (Atlantic Records)
Ciara feat. Chris Brown â âHow We Rollâ (Beauty Marks Entertainment
Coco Jones feat. Justin Timberlake â âICU Remixâ (Def Jam Recordings)
Dreamville, Bas & Black Sherif feat. KelâP â âCreed III: Soundtrackâ (Dreamville/Interscope Records)
Karen Clark Sheard, Hezekiah Walker, Kierra Sheard â âGod Is Goodâ (Timeless Music Group/Roc Nation Records, LLC)
Voices of Fire â âJoy (Unspeakable)â (Columbia Records)
Burna Boy & 21 Savage â âSittinâ On Top of the Worldâ (Atlantic Records)
Chris Brown feat. Davido & Lojay â âSensationalâ (RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment)
Lil Durk & J. Cole â âAll My Lifeâ (Alamo Records)
Usher, 21 Savage, Summer Walker â âGood Goodâ (RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment)
Victoria MonĂ©t feat. Lucky Day â âSmokeâ (RCA Records/Lovett Music)
âAmerican Fictionâ â Laura Karpman (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
âRustinâ â Branford Marsalis (Netflix)
âThe Color Purpleâ â Kris Bowers (Warner Bros. Pictures)
âThe Other Black Girlâ â EmmoLei Sankofa (Hulu)
âTransformers: Rise of the Beastsâ â Jongnic Bontemps (Paramount+)
âAmerican Symphonyâ (Netflix)
âFast Dreamsâ (99 Ways Entertainment)
âInvisible Beautyâ (Magnolia Pictures)
âLittle Richard: I Am Everythingâ (Magnolia Pictures)
âStamped from the Beginningâ (Netflix)
âAmerican Experienceâ (PBS)
âDear Mamaâ (FX)
âHigh on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed Americaâ (Netflix)
âKevin Hart & Chris Rock: Headliners Onlyâ (Netflix)
âLadies First: A Story of Women in HipâHopâ (Netflix)
âAlive in Bronze: Huey P. Newtonâ (MTV Documentary Films)
âBirthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffneyâ (MTV Documentary Films)
âBlack Girls Play: The Story of Hand Gamesâ (ESPN)
âFreshwaterâ (Hip Hop Caucus Think 100% FILMS)
âIfine: Beautyâ (DirtâStained Roses)
Ava Coleman â âAbbott Elementaryâ (ABC)
Brittani Nichols â âAbbott Elementaryâ (ABC)
Donald Glover, Janine Nabers â âSwarmâ (Amazon Prime Video)
Michelle Buteau â âSurvival of the Thickestâ (Netflix)
Norman Vance, Jr. â âSaturdaysâ (Disney Channel)
Carla BanksâWaddles â âBelâAirâ (Peacock)
Lee Sung Jin â âBEEFâ (Netflix)
Marissa Jo Cerar â âBlack Cakeâ (Hulu)
Nkechi Okoro Carroll â âFoundâ (NBC)
Shonda Rhimes â âQueen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Storyâ (Netflix)
Dwayne JohnsonâCochran â âHeist 88â (Showtime)
Frank E. Flowers, Tony Rettenmaier, Juel Taylor â âShooting Starsâ (Peacock)
Marlon Wayans â âMarlon Wayans: God Loves Meâ (HBO Max)
Sam Jay â âSam Jay: Salute Me or Shoot Meâ (HBO Max)
Tina Gordon, Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana, Jana Savage, Camilla Blackett â âPraise Thisâ (Peacock)
A.V. Rockwell â âA Thousand and Oneâ (Focus Features)
Cord Jefferson â âAmerican Fictionâ (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmaier â âThey Cloned Tyroneâ (Netflix)
Maggie Betts, Doug Wright â âThe Burialâ (Amazon MGM Studios)
Marcus Gardley â âThe Color Purpleâ (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Amy Aniobi â âSurvival of the Thickestâ (Netflix)
Donald Glover â âSwarmâ (Amazon Prime Video)
Neema Barnette â âGrand Crewâ (NBC)
Numa Perrier â âUnPrisonedâ (Hulu/Onyx)
Robbie Countryman â âThe Upshawsâ (Netflix)
Alonso AlvarezâBarreda â âSnowfallâ (FX)
Amin Joseph â âSnowfallâ (FX)
Carl Seaton â âGodfather of Harlemâ (MGM+)
Dawn Wilkinson â âPower Book II: Ghostâ (Starz)
Geary McLeod â âPower Book II: Ghostâ (Starz)
Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr. â âCinnamonâ (Tubi)
Chris Robinson â âShooting Starsâ (Peacock)
Keke Palmer â âBig Bossâ (YouTube TV)
Numa Perrier â âThe Perfect Findâ (Netflix)
Vivica A. Fox â âFirst Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Storyâ (BET+)
Antoine Fuqua â âThe Equalizer 3â (Sony Pictures)
Ava DuVernay â âOriginâ (NEON)
George C. Wolfe â âRustinâ (Netflix)
Juel Taylor â âThey Cloned Tyroneâ (Netflix)
Michael B. Jordan â âCreed IIIâ (Amazon / MGM Studios)
Allen Hughes â âDear Mamaâ (FX)
Bethann Hardison, FrĂ©dĂ©ric Tcheng â âInvisible Beautyâ (Magnolia Pictures)
Dave Wooley, David Heilbroner â âDionne Warwick: Donât Make Me Overâ (CNN)
Lisa CortĂ©s â âLittle Richard: I Am Everythingâ (Magnolia Pictures)
Roger Ross Williams â âStamped from the Beginningâ (Netflix)
âEverything Is Not Enoughâ â Lola Akinmade Ă
kerström (William Morrow)
âFamily Loreâ â Elizabeth Acevedo (HarperCollins Publisher)
âHouse of Eveâ â Sadeqa Johnson (Simon & Schuster)
âLet Us Descendâ â Jesmyn Ward (Scribner)
âThe Heaven and Earth Grocery Storeâ â James McBride (Penguin Random House, Riverhead Books)
âBlack AF History: The UnâWhitewashed Story of Americaâ â Michael Harriot (HarperCollins Publisher)
âBLK ART: The Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western Artâ â Zaria Ware (HarperCollins Publisher)
âIconic Home: Interiors, Advice, and Stories from 50 Amazing Black Designers â â Black Interior Designers and June Reese (Abrams Books)
âThe Art of Ruth E. Carterâ â Ruth E. Carter Foreword by Dani Gurira (Chronicle Books)
âThe New Browniesâ Book: A Love Letter to Black Familiesâ â Karida L. Brown, Charly Palmer (Chronicle Books)
âAnd Then He Sang a Lullabyâ â Ani Kayode Somtochukwu (Grove Atlantic)
âColeman Hill: A Novelâ â Kim Coleman Foote (Zando / SJP Lit)
âRootlessâ â Krystle Zara Appiah (Ballantine Books)
âThe Black Joy Project â Kleaver Cruz (Mariner Books)
âThe God of Good Looksâ â Breanne McIvor (William Morrow)
âLove and Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courtsâ â Maya Moore Irons (Andscape Books)
âLucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Oddsâ â Rich Paul (Penguin Random House)
âNothing Is Missingâ â Nicole Walters (Simon & Schuster)
âOur Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movementâ â Dr. Tanisha C. Ford (Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins)
âStraight Shooter: Â A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takesâ â Stephen A. Smith (Gallery Books/13A)
âBadass Vegan: Fuel Your Body, Ph*ck the System, and Live Your Life Rightâ â John Lewis (Avery)
âEveryday Grand: Soulful Recipes for Celebrating Lifeâs Big and Small Momentsâ â Jocelyn Delk Adams, Olga Massov (Clarkson Potter)
âFlower Love: Lush Floral Arrangements for the Heart and Homeâ â Kristen GriffithâVanderYacht (Clarkson Potter)
âHistorically Black Phrases: From âI Ainât One of Your Lilâ Friendsâ to âWho All Gonâ Be There?ââ â Jarett Hill, Treâvell Anderson (Ten Speed Press)
âLivable Luxeâ â Brigette Romanek (Chronicle Books)
âAbove Groundâ â Clint Smith (Little, Brown)
âSo to Speakâ Â â Terrance Hayes (Penguin Books)
âsuddenly weâ â Evie Shockley (Wesleyan University Press)
âThe Ferguson Report: An Erasureâ â Nicole Sealey (Alfred A. Knopf)
âWhy Fathers Cry at Nightâ â Kwame Alexander (Little, Brown)
âCROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diasporaâ â Kahran Bethencourt (St. Martinâs Press)
âHow Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Beeâ â Carole Boston Weathorford, Frank Morrison (Candlewick Press)
âI Absolutely, Positively Love My Spotsâ â Lidâya C. Rivera, Nina Mata (HarperCollins)
âIs This Love?â â Cedella Marley, Alea Marley (Chronicle Books)
âLike Lava In My Veinsâ â Derrick Barnes, Shawn Martinbrough (Penguin Random House)
âAdia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamansâ â Isi Hendrix (HarperCollins â Imprint: Balzer + Bray)
âEb & Flowâ â Kelly J. Baptist (Crown Books for Young Readers)
âEveryoneâs Thinking Itâ â Aleema Omotoni (HarperCollins â Imprint: Balzer + Bray)
âFatima Tate Takes the Cakeâ â Khadijah VanBrakle (Holiday House)
âFriday Iâm in Loveâ â Camryn Garrett (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
âCurlfriends: New in Townâ â Sharee Miller (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
âMs Davis: A Graphic Biographyâ â Sybille Titeux de la Croix, Amazing AmĂ©ziane (Fantagraphics)
âQueenie: Godmother of Harlemâ â Aurelie Levy, Elizabeth Colomba (Abrams Books)
âStamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in Americaâ â Dr. Ibram X Kendi, Joel Christian Gill (Ten Speed Graphic)
âThe Talkâ â Darrin Bell (Henry Holt & Company)
â#SundayCivicsâ (LJW Community Strategies)
âGoing Wild with Dr. Rae WynnâGrantâ (PBS Nature)
âHolding Court with Eboni K. Williamsâ (Uppity Productions)
âInto America with Trymaine Leeâ (MSNBC)
âThe Assignment with Audie Cornishâ (CNN Audio)
âBlack Money Treeâ (Texas Black Expo Inc)
âChile, Pleaseâ (HONEY CHILE Entertainment)
âIs This Going To Cause An Argumentâ (Seven14Seven Media)
âThe Laverne Cox Showâ (Shondaland Audio + iHeartMedia)
âThe Lightâ (Audible)
âHigher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsayâ (The Ringer)
âJill Scott Presents: J.ill the Podcastâ (iHeart Media)
âMore Than That with Gia Peppersâ (Dentsu)
âThe 85 South Show with Karlous Miller, DC Young Fly and Chico Beanâ (The Black Effect Podcast Network)
âThe Bakari Sellers Podcastâ (The Ringer)
âAll the Smokeâ (Paramount)
âBaby, This is Keke Palmerâ (Wondery)
âBeing Black: The 80sâ (TheGrio)
âHereâs The Thingâ (Family Affair Media and Entertainment)
âNightcap with Unc and Ochoâ (The Volume)
âCrimson Hearts Collideâ (Hallmark Media and AYR Media)
âSmall Victoriesâ (WGC Productions)
âTwentyOne 21: A Black AF Scripted Audio Comedyâ (TwentyOne 21 Podcast)
âWhose Amazing Life?â (Wondery)
âYes We Cannabisâ (Audible)
âI Am Storyâ (AFSCME)
âOfficial Ignorance: The Death in Custody Podcastâ (Hip Hop Caucus)
âReclaimed: the Forgotten Leagueâ (ABC Audio)
âThe Greatest Day: The Epic Story Behind HipâHopâs Most Iconic Photographâ (Audible)
âWakanda Forever: The Official Black Panther Podcastâ (Proximity Media and Marvel Entertainment)
Charlese Antoinette Jones â âAirâ (Amazon/MGM Studios)
Dierdra Elizabeth Govan â âIâm A Virgoâ (Amazon/MGM Studios)
ToniâLeslie James, Josh Quinn â âRustinâ (Netflix)
Francine JamisonâTanchuck â âThe Color Purpleâ (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Marci Rodgers, Richard Gross, Paul A. Simmons Jr. â Shooting Stars (Peacock)
Cole Patterson, Fabiola Mercado â âBelâAirâ (Peacock)
Miho Suzuki â âLessons in Chemistryâ (Apple TV+)
Beverly Jo Pryor, Eric Pagdin, Quintessence Patterson â âRustinâ (Netflix)
Carol Rasheed, Saisha Beecham, Ngozi Olandu Young, Manny Davila, Milene Melendez â âThe Color Purpleâ (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Denise PughâRuiz â âUnPrisonedâ (Hulu/Onyx)
Shavonne Brown â âA Black Lady Sketch Showâ (HBO Max)
Carla Joi Farmer â âAirâ (Amazon MGM Studios)
Elizabeth Robinson â âCreed IIIâ (Amazon MGM Studios)
Melissa âMissyâ Forney, Sterfon Demings â âA Black Lady Sketch Showâ (HBO Max)
Lawrence Davis, Tym Wallace, Andrea Mona Bowen, Angela Renae Dyson, Jorge Benitez Villalobos â âThe Color Purpleâ (Warner Bros. Pictures)
âCreed IIIâ (Amazon MGM Studios)
âThe Continental: From the World of John Wickâ (Peacock)
âThey Cloned Tyroneâ (Netflix)
âTitansâ (HBO Max)
âWarriorâ (HBO Max)
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Druski
Keith Lee
Lynae Vanee
Terrell Grice
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