48th NAACP Image Awards

Special Awards

Motion Picture

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Television

Outstanding Drama Series

• * Empire
• * Power
• * This Is Us
• * ''Underground''

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

• * Mike Colter – Luke Cage
• * Omari Hardwick – Power
• * Terrence Howard – Empire
• * Kofi Siriboe – ''Queen Sugar''

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

• * Viola Davis – How to Get Away with Murder
• * Jurnee Smollett-Bell – Underground
• * Kerry Washington – Scandal
• * Rutina Wesley – ''Queen Sugar''

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• * Trai Byers – Empire
• * Alfred Enoch – How to Get Away with Murder
• * Joe Morton – Scandal
• * Jesse Williams – ''Grey's Anatomy''

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• * CCH Pounder – NCIS: New Orleans
• * Cicely Tyson – How to Get Away with Murder
• * Lynn Whitfield – Greenleaf
• * Amirah Vann – ''Underground''

Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series

• * Millicent Shelton – Empire – The Lyon Who Cried Wolf"
• * Sam Esmail – Mr. Robot – "eps2.5_h4ndshake.sme"
• * Paris Barclay – Pitch – "Pilot"
• * Anthony Hemingway – Underground – "The Macon 7"

Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series

• * Akela Cooper – Luke Cage – "Manifest"
• * Anthony Sparks – Queen Sugar – "By Any Chance"
• * Joe Robert Cole – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story – "The Race Card"
• * LaToya Morgan – Turn: Washington's Spies – "Benediction"

Outstanding Comedy Series

• * Atlanta
• * The Carmichael Show
• * Insecure
• * ''Survivor's Remorse''

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

• * Don Cheadle – House of Lies
• * Donald Glover – Atlanta
• * Kevin Hart – Real Husbands of Hollywood
• * Dwayne Johnson – ''Ballers''

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

• * Uzo Aduba – Orange is the New Black
• * Niecy Nash – The Soul Man
• * Issa Rae – Insecure
• * Keesha Sharp – ''Lethal Weapon''

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• * Miles Brown – Black-ish
• * Tituss Burgess – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
• * Deon Cole – Black-ish
• * David Alan Grier – ''The Carmichael Show''

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• * Erica Ash – Survivor's Remorse
• * Laverne Cox – Orange Is the New Black
• * Marsai Martin – Black-ish
• * Yvonne Orji – ''Insecure''

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

• * Anton Cropper – Black-ish – "God"
• * Anton Cropper – Black-ish – "Good-ish Times"
• * Melina Matsoukas – Insecure – "Insecure as F**k"
• * Marta Cunningham – Transparent – "Exciting and New"

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

• * Donald Glover – Atlanta – "B.A.N."
• * Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore – Insecure – "Insecure as F**k"
• * Prentice Penny – Insecure – "Real as F**k"
• * Our Lady J – Transparent – "If I Were a Bell"

Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

• * American Crime
• * Confirmation
• * The Night Of
• * ''Roots''

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

• * Sterling K. Brown – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
• * Cuba Gooding Jr. – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
• * Malachi Kirby – Roots
• * Jeffrey Wright – ''Confirmation''

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

• * Emayatzy Corinealdi – Roots
• * Audra McDonald – Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
• * Anika Noni Rose – Roots
• * Kerry Washington – ''Confirmation''

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television)

• * Carl Seaton – Bad Dad Rehab
• * Mario Van Peebles – Roots
• * Thomas Carter – Roots
• * Vondie Curtis-Hall – ''Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart''

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture – (Television)

• * Alison McDonald – An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win
• * Rashida Jones and Michael Schur – Black Mirror
• * Rhonda Freeman-Baraka – Merry Christmas, Baby!
• * Alison McDonald – ''Roots''

Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited Series)

• * E'myri Crutchfield – Roots
• * Hudson Yang – Fresh Off The Boat
• * Lonnie Chavis – This Is Us
• * Miles Brown – ''Black-ish''

Outstanding Talk Series

• * The Real
• * Super Soul Sunday
• * The Talk
• * ''The View''

Outstanding Variety (Series or Special)

• * Celebrity Family Feud
• * The Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards 2016
• * Lemonade
• * ''Lip Sync Battle''

Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition Series

• * Little Big Shots
• * Mary Mary
• * United Shades of America
• * ''The Voice''

Outstanding Children’s Program

• * All In with Cam Newton
• * Doc McStuffins
• * K.C. Undercover
• * ''The Lion Guard''

Outstanding News / Information – (Series or Special)

• * AM Joy with Joy Reid
• * StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
• * Stay Woke
• * ''Unsung: Sugarhill Gang''

Outstanding Host in a Talk, Reality, News/ Information or Variety (Series or Special)

• * Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross – BET Awards 2016
• * W. Kamau Bell – United Shades of America
• * Steve Harvey – Steve Harvey
• * Joy Reid – ''AM Joy with Joy Reid''

Documentary

Outstanding Documentary – (Film)

• * I Am Not Your Negro
• * Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
• * Miss Sharon Jones!
• * ''Olympic Pride, American Prejudice''

Outstanding Documentary – (Television)

• * Major League Legends: Hank Aaron
• * Policing the Police
• * Roots: A History Revealed
• * ''Streets of Compton''

Animated/CGI

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – (Television or Film)

• * Loretta Devine – Doc McStuffins
• * Idris Elba – Finding Dory
• * Kevin Hart – The Secret Life of Pets
• * Dwayne Johnson – ''Moana''

Music

Outstanding New Artist

• * Ro James
• * MAJOR.
• * Serayah
• * Chloe x Halle

Outstanding Male Artist

• * Chance the Rapper
• * Kendrick Lamar
• * Bruno Mars
• * Anthony Hamilton

Outstanding Female Artist

• * Fantasia
• * Alicia Keys
• * K. Michelle
• * Solange

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration

• * Alicia Keys feat. ASAP Rocky – "Blended Family (What You Do for Love)"
• * Solange feat. Lil Wayne – "Mad"
• * Robert Glasper and Miles Davis – "Everything's Beautiful"
• * Sounds of Blackness feat. HSRA (High School for Recording Arts) – "Royalty"

Outstanding Jazz Album

• * Leslie Odom Jr. – Leslie Odom Jr.
• * Branford Marsalis Quartet and Kurt Elling – Upward Spiral
• * Robert Glasper and Miles Davis – Everything's Beautiful
• * Erroll Garner – ''Ready Take One''

Outstanding Gospel Album – Traditional or Contemporary

• * Donnie McClurkin – The Journey
• * Myron Butler – Myron Butler & Levi On Purpose
• * Livre – Jericho: Tribe of Joshua
• * Fred Hammond – ''Worship Journal Live''

Outstanding Music Video

• * Johnny Gill feat. New Edition – "This One's for Me and You"
• * Bruno Mars – "24K Magic"
• * Solange – "Cranes in the Sky"
• * Alicia Keys – "In Common"

Outstanding Song, Contemporary

• * Common feat. Bilal – "Letter to the Free"
• * Sounds of Blackness feat. HSRA (High School for Recording Arts) – "Royalty"
• * Bruno Mars – "24K Magic"
• * Beyoncé – "Formation"

Outstanding Song, Traditional

• * Solange – "Cranes in the Sky"
• * Anthony Hamilton – "Amen"
• * Tamela Mann – "God Provides"
• * Maxwell – "Lake by the Ocean"

Outstanding Album

• * Solange – A Seat at the Table
• * Kendrick Lamar – untitled unmastered.
• * Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book
• * Anthony Hamilton – ''What I'm Feelin'''

Literature

Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction

• * Jacqueline Woodson – Another Brooklyn
• * Lawrence Hill – The Illegal
• * Yvvette Edwards – The Mother
• * Colson Whitehead – ''The Underground Railroad: A Novel''

Outstanding Literary Work, Non-Fiction

• * Eddie S. Glaude Jr. – Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul
• * Angela Y. Davis – Freedom is a Constant Struggle
• * Ibram X. Kendi – Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
• * Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld – ''Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White''

Outstanding Literary Work, Debut Author

• * 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

• * 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

• * 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

• * 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

• * 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

• * 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''