NAACP Image Award – President's Award

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People presents an annual NAACP Image Award. Winners are selected by the NAACP president in recognition of special achievement and distinguished public service. The following are winners for the President's Award:

Year Winner
1987 Ella Fitzgerald[1]
1988 Rev. Jesse Jackson[2]
1989 Jheryl Busby[3]
1990 Antoinette Stroman & Ryan White[4]
1996 Kent Amos & Carmen Amos[5]
1997 Bryant Gumbel[6]
1998 Alexis Herman[7]
1999 Lauryn Hill[8]
2000 Tavis Smiley and Tom Joyner[9]
2001 Bill Clinton[10]
2002 Condoleezza Rice[11]
2003 Venus and Serena Williams[12]
2004 T. D. Jakes[13]
2006 Susan L. Taylor[14]
2007 Soledad O'Brien[15]
2008 Donald Sterling[16]
2009 Muhammad Ali[17]
2010 Van Jones[18]
2011 Colin Powell[19]
2012 The Black Stuntmen's Association[20]
2013 Kerry Washington[21]
2015 Spike Lee[22]
2016 John Legend[23]
2017 Lonnie Bunch[24]
2018 Danny Glover[25]
2019 Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter[26]
2020 Rihanna[27]
2021 LeBron James[28]
2022 Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex & Meghan, Duchess of Sussex[29]
2023 Gabrielle Union & Dwyane Wade[30]
2024 Usher[31]

References

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  5. ^ "1996 Image Award Winners". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  6. ^ "1997 Image Award Winners". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
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  12. ^ "Serena and Venus Williams". LA Times. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
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  16. ^ Couch, Aaron (April 26, 2014). "Donald Sterling Rant: NAACP Abandons Plans for Lifetime Achievement Honor". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  17. ^ "The legendary Muhammad Ali will receive the NAACP's 2009 President's Award at the 40TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS, broadcast live from 8-10 p.m. ET (PT tape-delayed) Feb. 12 on FOX, NAACP President-CEO Ben Jealous announced today" (PDF). NAACP. February 3, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
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  24. ^ "NAACP - Lonnie Bunch III to Receive President's Award at NAACP Image Awards Saturday". NAACP. February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  25. ^ Evans, Greg (January 11, 2018). "NAACP Image Awards To Honor Danny Glover With President's Award". Deadline. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  26. ^ "NAACP | WINNERS OF 50th NAACP IMAGE AWARDS ANNOUNCED DURING LIVE BROADCAST ON TV ONE HOSTED BY ANTHONY ANDERSON". NAACP. March 31, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  27. ^ Lisa Respers France. "The 51st NAACP Image Awards winners list". CNN. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  28. ^ "NAACP | WINNERS OF 52nd NAACP IMAGE AWARDS ANNOUNCED DURING LIVE BROADCAST ON CBS HOSTED BY ANTHONY ANDERSON". NAACP. March 27, 2021. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
  29. ^ "Prince Harry, Meghan to receive NAACP President's Award". ABC News. February 24, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  30. ^ Jackson, Angelique (February 16, 2023). "Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade to Receive NAACP President's Award at 2023 Image Awards". Variety. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  31. ^ Grein, Paul (March 15, 2024). "Usher to Receive President's Award at 2024 NAACP Image Awards". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2024.