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

Vanguard Award
The surviving 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike "I Am a Man" workers
President's Award
Danny Glover
Chairman's Award
William Lucy
Entertainer of the Year
Ava DuVernay

Motion Picture

Girls Trip
Jordan Peele – Get Out
  • * Reginald Hudlin – Marshall
  • * Malcolm D. Lee – Girls Trip
  • * Stella Meghie – Everything, Everything
  • * Dee Rees – Mudbound
    • Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
  • * Chadwick Boseman – Marshall
  • * Idris Elba – The Mountain Between Us
  • * Algee Smith – Detroit
  • * Denzel Washington – Roman J. Israel, Esq.
    		• Octavia Spencer – Gifted
  • * Halle Berry – Kidnap
  • * Danai Gurira – All Eyez on Me
  • * Natalie Paul – Crown Heights
  • * Amandla Stenberg – Everything, Everything
    • Idris Elba – Thor: Ragnarok
  • * Nnamdi Asomugha – Crown Heights
  • * Sterling K. Brown – Marshall
  • * Laurence Fishburne – Last Flag Flying
  • * Lil Rel Howery – Get Out
    		• Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip
  • * Regina Hall – Girls Trip
  • * Audra McDonald – Beauty and the Beast
  • * Keesha Sharp – Marshall
  • * Tessa Thompson – Thor: Ragnarok
    • Jordan Peele – Get Out
  • * Kenya Barris and Tracy Oliver – Girls Trip
  • * Mark Boal – Detroit
  • * Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani – The Big Sick
  • * Dee Rees and Virgil Williams – Mudbound
    		• Detroit
  • * Last Flag Flying
  • * Mudbound
  • * Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
  • * Wind River

    • Documentary

    Outstanding Documentary – (Film)

    STEP

    Outstanding Documentary – (Television)

    The 44th President: In His Own Words

    Animated/CGI

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

    Tiffany Haddish – Legends of Chamberlain Heights

    Music

    Outstanding New Artist

    SZA – Ctrl

    Outstanding Male Artist

    Bruno Mars – "Versace on the Floor"

    Outstanding Female Artist

    Mary J. Blige – Strength of a Woman

    Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration

    Kendrick Lamar feat. Rihanna – "LOYALTY."

    Outstanding Jazz Album

    Somi – Petite Afrique

    Outstanding Gospel Album – Traditional or Contemporary

    Greenleaf Soundtrack – Greenleaf Soundtrack Volume 2

    Outstanding Music Video

    Bruno Mars – "That's What I Like"

    Outstanding Song, Traditional

    Bruno Mars – "That's What I Like"

    Outstanding Song, Contemporary

    Kendrick Lamar – "HUMBLE."

    Outstanding Album

    Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.

    Literature

    Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction

    Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar – The Annotated African American Folktales

    Outstanding Literary Work, Non-Fiction

    Dick Gregory – Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies

    Outstanding Literary Work, Debut Author

    Stephanie Powell Watts – No One Is Coming to Save Us

    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

    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

    Outstanding Literary Work, Children

    Vashti Harrison – Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History

    Outstanding Literary Work, Youth/Teens

    Rita Williams-Garcia and Frank Morrison – Clayton Byrd Goes Underground