Awards & Winners

1997 NAACP Image Award

Check winners and nominations of 1997 NAACP Image Award. Check awards winners of 28th NAACP Image Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

28th NAACP Image Awards

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Loretta Devine

Honored for : The Preacher's Wife

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Nominee Nominated Work
Loretta Devine The Preacher's Wife
Alfre Woodard Star Trek: First Contact
Jenifer Lewis The Preacher's Wife
Regina Taylor Courage Under Fire
Tonea Stewart A Time to Kill
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Samuel L. Jackson

Honored for : A Time to Kill

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Nominee Nominated Work
Delroy Lindo Ransom
Samuel L. Jackson A Time to Kill
Blair Underwood Set It Off
Forest Whitaker Phenomenon
Charles S. Dutton A Time to Kill
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture

A Time to Kill

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Nominee Nominated Work
A Time to Kill
Courage Under Fire
Get on the Bus
Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored
The Preacher's Wife
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

Denzel Washington

Honored for : Courage Under Fire

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Nominee Nominated Work
Denzel Washington Courage Under Fire
Ossie Davis Get on the Bus
Cuba Gooding, Jr. Jerry Maguire
Eddie Murphy The Nutty Professor
Samuel L. Jackson The Long Kiss Goodnight
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

Whitney Houston

Honored for : The Preacher's Wife

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Nominee Nominated Work
Whitney Houston The Preacher's Wife
Jada Pinkett Smith Set It Off
Queen Latifah Set It Off
Phylicia Rash?d Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored
Whoopi Goldberg Ghosts of Mississippi
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series

Cosby

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Nominee Nominated Work
Cosby
Living Single
Martin
Moesha
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Drama Series

New York Undercover

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Nominee Nominated Work
New York Undercover
ER
Homicide: Life on the Street
NYPD Blue
Touched by an Angel
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

Phylicia Rash?d

Honored for : Cosby

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Nominee Nominated Work
Phylicia Rash?d Cosby
Tisha Campbell-Martin Martin
Queen Latifah Living Single
Kim Coles Living Single
Erika Alexander Living Single
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

Malik Yoba

Honored for : New York Undercover

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Nominee Nominated Work
Malik Yoba New York Undercover
Andre Braugher Homicide: Life on the Street
Avery Brooks Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Yaphet Kotto Homicide: Life on the Street
Eriq La Salle ER
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

Della Reese

Honored for : Touched by an Angel

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Nominee Nominated Work
Della Reese Touched by an Angel
Vanessa A. Williams Chicago Hope
Gloria Reuben ER
S. Epatha Merkerson Law & Order
Lauren Vélez New York Undercover
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

Cicely Tyson

Honored for : The Road to Galveston

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Nominee Nominated Work
Cicely Tyson The Road to Galveston
Jada Pinkett Smith If These Walls Could Talk
Jasmine Guy America's Dream
Ruby Dee Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
Vanessa Bell Calloway America's Dream
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

Wesley Snipes

Honored for : America's Dream

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Nominee Nominated Work
Blair Underwood Soul of the Game
Delroy Lindo Soul of the Game
Don Cheadle Rebound: The Legend of Earl \"The Goat\" Manigault
Louis Gossett, Jr. Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
Wesley Snipes America's Dream
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

Kristoff St. John

Honored for : The Young and the Restless

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Nominee Nominated Work
Kristoff St. John The Young and the Restless
Keith Hamilton Cobb All My Children
Joseph C. Phillips General Hospital
Nathan Purdee One Life to Live
Shemar Moore The Young and the Restless
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

Victoria Rowell

Honored for : The Young and the Restless

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Nominee Nominated Work
Victoria Rowell The Young and the Restless
Lynne Thigpen All My Children
Leslie Uggams All My Children
Renée Jones Days of Our Lives
Tonya Lee Williams The Young and the Restless
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Variety – Series or Special

Celebrate the Dream: 50 Years of Ebony Magazine

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Nominee Nominated Work
Chris Rock: Bring the Pain
Sinbad's Summer Jam II: '70s Soul Music Festival
Centennial Olympic Games: Opening Ceremonies
1996 Essence Awards
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children's Program

Teen Summit

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Nominee Nominated Work
Teen Summit
All That
Gullah Gullah Island
Reading Rainbow
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding New Artist

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Nominee Nominated Work
Kenny Lattimore
Monifah
Az Yet
Maxwell
Eric Benét
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Male Artist
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist

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Nominee Nominated Work
Toni Braxton
Chaka Khan
Tracy Chapman
Vanessa L. Williams
Natalie Cole
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video

R. Kelly

Honored for : I Believe I Can Fly
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Song

R. Kelly

Honored for : I Believe I Can Fly
NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album

Whitney Houston

Honored for : The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
NAACP Image Award – President's Award
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Gospel Artist

Whitney Houston, The Georgia Mass Choir

Honored for : The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album

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Nominee Nominated Work
Whitney Houston The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
The Georgia Mass Choir The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist
NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Series or Special

BET News Special

(Ron Brown - A Celebration of Life)

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Nominee Nominated Work
BET News Special
Ron Brown - A Celebration of Life
America's Black Forum
For episode \"Black Church Burnings\"
60 Minutes
For episode with the Louis Farrakhan Interview
Biography
For episode \"Muhammad Ali--The Greatest\"
Dateline NBC
For episode \"Jordan On Air\"
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Duo or Group

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Nominee Nominated Work
Kirk Franklin and the Family
BeBe & CeCe Winans
Blackstreet
New Edition
Fugees
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

Jaleel White

Honored for : Family Matters

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Nominee Nominated Work
LL Cool J In the House
Martin Lawrence Martin
TC Carson Living Single
Will Smith The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Jaleel White Family Matters
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

Danny Glover, Carolyn McDonald, David Knoller

Honored for : America's Dream

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Nominee Nominated Work
Danny Glover America's Dream
Carolyn McDonald America's Dream
David Knoller America's Dream
Deadly Voyage
Rebound: The Legend of Earl \"The Goat\" Manigault
Soul of the Game
Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story