42nd NAACP Image Awards
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Samuel L. Jackson |
Mother and Child
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Don Cheadle |
Brooklyn's Finest
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Idris Elba |
Takers
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Michael Ealy |
For Colored Girls
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Justin Timberlake |
The Social Network
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Maxwell |
Fistful of Tears
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Sade |
Soldier of Love
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Alicia Keys |
Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)
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Willow Smith |
Whip My Hair
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Beyoncé Knowles |
Why Don\u2019t You Love Me
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Halle Berry |
Frankie and Alice
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Queen Latifah |
Just Wright
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Kerry Washington |
Night Catches Us
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Zoe Saldana |
The Losers
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Janet Jackson |
Why Did I Get Married Too?
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Lionsgate Entertainment |
For Colored Girls
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Tyler Perry Studios |
For Colored Girls
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Fox Searchlight Pictures |
Just Wright
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Warner Bros. Pictures |
The Book of Eli
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Focus Features |
The Kids Are All Right
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Lionsgate Entertainment |
Why Did I Get Married Too?
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Denzel Washington |
The Book of Eli
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Anthony Mackie |
Night Catches Us
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Common |
Just Wright
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Jaden Smith |
The Karate Kid
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Morgan Freeman |
RED
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Kimberly Elise |
For Colored Girls
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Whoopi Goldberg |
For Colored Girls
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Jill Scott |
Why Did I Get Married Too?
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Anika Noni Rose |
For Colored Girls
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Phylicia Rash?d |
For Colored Girls
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Freestyle Releasing |
Frankie and Alice
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Fox Searchlight Pictures |
Conviction
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Sony Pictures Classics |
Mother and Child
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Screen Media Ventures |
La Mission
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Magnolia Pictures |
Night Catches Us
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Roadside Attractions |
Biutiful
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Magnolia Pictures |
Mother
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Drafthouse Films |
Four Lions
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Tessalit Productions |
Outside the Law
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Showbox |
A Barefoot Dream
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Michael Elliot |
Just Wright
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Mary King |
Frankie and Alice
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Jonathan Watters |
Frankie and Alice
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Cheryl Edwards |
Frankie and Alice
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Joe Shrapnel |
Frankie and Alice
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Marko King |
Frankie and Alice
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Anna Waterhouse |
Frankie and Alice
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Tyler Perry |
Why Did I Get Married Too?
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Michael C. Martin |
Brooklyn's Finest
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Rodrigo García |
Mother and Child
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
George Tillman, Jr. |
Faster Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television) |
Tyler Perry |
For Colored Girls Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television) |
Albert Hughes |
The Book of Eli Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television) |
Allen Hughes |
The Book of Eli Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television) |
Tanya Hamilton |
Night Catches Us Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television) |
Geoffrey Sax |
Frankie and Alice Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television) |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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Glee
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Tyler Perry's House of Payne
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Are We There Yet?
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30 Rock
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Modern Family
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
David Mann |
Meet the Browns Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series |
Terry Crews |
Are We There Yet? Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series |
Dulé Hill |
Psych Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series |
LaVan Davis |
Tyler Perry's House of Payne Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series |
Phil Morris |
Love That Girl! Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Ice Cube |
Are We There Yet?
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Lance Gross |
Tyler Perry's House of Payne
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Lamman Rucker |
Meet the Browns
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Tracy Morgan |
30 Rock
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Craig Robinson |
The Office
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Vanessa L. Williams |
Desperate Housewives
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Essence Atkins |
Are We There Yet?
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Salli Richardson |
Eureka
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Tatyana Ali |
Love That Girl!
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Cassi Davis |
Tyler Perry's House of Payne
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Sofía Vergara |
Modern Family
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Amber Riley |
Glee
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Viola Davis |
United States of Tara
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Keshia Knight Pulliam |
Tyler Perry's House of Payne
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Anna Deavere Smith |
Nurse Jackie
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Drama Series
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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Grey's Anatomy Outstanding Drama Series |
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Hawthorne Outstanding Drama Series |
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Detroit 1-8-7 Outstanding Drama Series |
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Treme Outstanding Drama Series |
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Outstanding Drama Series |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
LL Cool J |
NCIS: Los Angeles
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Anthony Anderson |
Law & Order
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Laurence Fishburne |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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Blair Underwood |
The Event
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Hill Harper |
CSI: NY
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Regina King |
Southland
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Gugu Mbatha-Raw |
Undercovers
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Jada Pinkett Smith |
Hawthorne
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Wendy Davis |
Army Wives
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Chandra Wilson |
Grey's Anatomy
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Terrence Howard |
Law & Order: LA
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Andre Braugher |
Men of a Certain Age
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James Pickens Jr. |
Grey's Anatomy
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Nelsan Ellis |
True Blood
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Giancarlo Esposito |
Breaking Bad
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
S. Epatha Merkerson |
Law & Order Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
Sara Ramirez |
Grey's Anatomy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
Sandra Oh |
Grey's Anatomy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
Alfre Woodard |
Memphis Beat Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
Vanessa Bell Calloway |
Hawthorne Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Idris Elba |
Luther
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Michael Jai White |
One Angry Juror
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Benito Martinez |
Lies in Plain Sight
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Jon Seda |
The Pacific
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Mahershala Ali |
The Wronged Man
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Damon Lee |
Sins of the Mother
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Paul A. Kaufman |
Sins of the Mother
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Luther
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The Wronged Man
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America: The Story of Us Part 4 |
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Filling The Gap
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Jill Scott |
Sins of the Mother
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Rosie Perez |
Lies in Plain Sight
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Lucy Liu |
Marry Me
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Tamera Mowry |
Double Wedding
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Tia Mowry |
Double Wedding
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Darnell Williams |
All My Children
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Aaron D. Spears |
The Bold and the Beautiful
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Cornelius Smith Jr. |
All My Children
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Rodney Saulsberry |
The Bold and the Beautiful
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Tatyana Ali |
The Young and the Restless
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Tonya Lee Williams |
The Young and the Restless
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Debbi Morgan |
All My Children
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Yvette Freeman |
The Bold and the Beautiful
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Julia Pace Mitchell |
The Young and the Restless
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Series or Special
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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UnSung
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A Conversation with President Obama
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Anderson Cooper 360°
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Washington Watch with Roland Martin
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Judge Mathis
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Talk Series
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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The View
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The Mo'Nique Show
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Larry King Live
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TV One on One
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Reality Series
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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Sunday Best
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American Idol
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Dancing with the Stars
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Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
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America's Next Top Model
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Variety – Series or Special
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Lionel Richie
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The BET Honors The BET Honors (2010) |
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Black Girls Rock
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Beyoncé: I Am... World Tour
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TV One Night Only: Live from the Essence Music Festival
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children's Program
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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True Jackson, VP
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Brave New Voices 2010
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The Backyardigans
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Dora the Explorer
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Wizards of Waverly Place
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Keke Palmer |
True Jackson, VP
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Nick Cannon |
TeenNick HALO Awards 2010 TeenNick HALO Awards |
Selena Gomez |
Wizards of Waverly Place
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Victoria Justice |
Victorious
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Lance Robertson |
Yo Gabba Gabba!
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding New Artist
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Willow Smith |
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Jason Derülo |
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Bruno Mars |
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Nicki Minaj |
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B.o.B |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Male Artist
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Usher |
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Cee Lo Green |
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Jay-Z |
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Kanye West |
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Ne-Yo |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Mary J. Blige |
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Sade |
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Chrisette Michele |
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Rihanna |
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Corinne Bailey Rae |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Duo or Group
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
John Legend |
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The Roots |
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The Black Eyed Peas |
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Eminem |
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Rihanna |
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Diddy-Dirty Money |
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Herbie Hancock |
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Chaka Khan |
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India.Arie |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Song
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Fantasia |
Bittersweet J Records |
Maxwell |
Fistful of Tears Columbia Records |
Cee Lo Green |
Fuck You Elektra Records |
Sade |
Soldier of Love Epic Records |
Alicia Keys |
Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready) J Records |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
John Legend |
Wake Up!
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The Roots |
Wake Up!
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Kanye West |
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
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Smokey Robinson |
Now And Then
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Usher |
Raymond V Raymond
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Sade |
Soldier of Love
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Terry McMillan |
Getting to Happy Penguin Group |
Jabari Asim |
A Taste of Honey Broadway Books |
Bernice L. McFadden |
Glorious Akashic Books |
Pearl Cleage |
Till You Hear From Me Ballantine Books/One World |
Dolen Perkins-Valdez |
Wench Amistad |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Isabel Wilkerson |
The Warmth of Other Suns
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Dolen Perkins-Valdez |
Wench: A Novel (P.S.)
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Heidi W. Durrow |
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
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Maaza Mengiste |
Beneath the Lion\u2019s Gaze
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Peter Akinti |
Forest Gate
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Biography / Auto-biography
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Ray Charles Robinson, Jr. |
You Don\u2019t Know Me: Reflections of My Father, Ray Charles Crown |
Ruth Hobday |
Conversations with Myself Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Nelson Mandela |
Conversations with Myself Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Jay-Z |
Decoded Spiegel & Gran, a division of Random House |
Condoleezza Rice |
Extraordinary, Ordinary People Crown Archetype |
Shoshana Johnson |
I\u2019m Still Standing: From Captive U.S. Soldier to Free Citizen \u2013 My Journey Home Touchstone, An Imprint of Simon & Schuster |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Antwone Fisher |
A Boy Should Know How to Tie a Tie: And Other Lessons for Succeeding in Life
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Robert Ferguson |
Diet-Free for Life: A Revolutionary Food, Fitness and Mindset Makeover to Maximize Fat Loss
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Malaak Compton Rock |
If it Takes a Village, Build One: How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service and 100+ Ways You Can Too
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Kirk Franklin |
The Blueprint: A Plan for Living Above Life's Storms
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Elaine Meryl Brown |
The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women
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Rhonda McLean |
The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women
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Marsha Haygood |
The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Nikki Giovanni |
100 Best African-American Poems Sourcebooks MediaFusion |
Alice Walker |
Hard Times Require Furious Dancing New World Library |
Shiloh McCloud |
Hard Times Require Furious Dancing New World Library |
Major Jackson |
Holding Company W.W. Norton & Company |
Camille Dungy |
Suck on the Marrow Red Hen Press |
Derek Walcott |
White Egrets Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Children's
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Holly Robinson |
My Brother Charlie Scholastic Press |
Ryan Elizabeth Peete |
My Brother Charlie Scholastic Press |
Eric Velasquez |
Grandma's Gift
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Donna Jo Napoli |
Mama Miti Paula Wiseman Books","Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing |
Kadir Nelson |
Mama Miti Paula Wiseman Books","Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing |
Monica Brown |
Side by Side/Lado a Lado: The Story of Delores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Harper Collins Children's Books |
Joe Cepeda |
Side by Side/Lado a Lado: The Story of Delores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Harper Collins Children's Books |
Eloise Greenfield |
The Great Migration: Journey to the North Harper Collins Children's Books |
Jan Gilchrist |
The Great Migration: Journey to the North Harper Collins Children's Books |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Documentary-Television
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
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Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
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If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise
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Waiting for \"Superman\"
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Disturbing the Universe: Radical Lawyer William Kunstler
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Aaron McGruder |
The Boondocks The Fund-Raiser |
Daniel Chun |
The Office Nepotism |
Kenny Smith, Jr. |
Pair of Kings Where the Wild Kings Are |
Myra J. |
Meet the Browns Meet the Racist |
Vali Chandrasekaran |
30 Rock Khonani |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Alexander Woo |
True Blood It Hurts Me Too |
Janine Sherman Barrois |
Criminal Minds Remembrance of Things Past |
Judith McCreary |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Disabled |
Leyani Diaz |
The Event Loyalty |
Vanessa Rojas |
The Event Loyalty |
Shonda Rhimes |
Private Practice Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King? |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Joe Morton |
Eureka Stoned |
Justin Lin |
Community Modern Warfare |
Ken Whittingham |
30 Rock Anna Howard Shaw Day |
Kevin Rodney Sullivan |
Modern Family Game Changer |
Michael Schultz |
Chuck Chuck vs. \u201CThe Couch Lock\u201D |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Félix Enríquez Alcalá |
Southland What Makes Sammy Run |
Millicent Shelton |
Men of a Certain Age Go with the Flow |
Paris Barclay |
In Treatment Sunil: Week 6 |
Seith Mann |
Friday Night Lights Injury List |
Stephen Williams |
Undercovers Instructions |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Tom Burrell |
Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority
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Faith S. Holsaert |
Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts of Women in SNCC
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Judy Richardson |
Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts of Women in SNCC
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Martha Prescod Norman Noonan |
Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts of Women in SNCC
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Betty Garman Robinson |
Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts of Women in SNCC
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Jean Smith Young |
Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts of Women in SNCC
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Dorothy M. Zellner |
Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts of Women in SNCC
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Julianne Malveaux |
Surviving and Thriving 365 Days in Black Economic History
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Nell Irvin Painter |
The History of White People
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Michelle Alexander |
The New Jim Crow
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Album
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
The Wynton Marsalis Quintet |
From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf
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Richard Galliano |
From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf
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Dee Dee Bridgewater |
Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959) To Billie with Love
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Geri Allen |
Geri Allen & Timeline Live
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Herbie Hancock |
The Imagine Project
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Bobby McFerrin |
Vocabularies
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Youth / Teens
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Condoleezza Rice |
A Memoir of My Extraodinary, Ordinary Family and Me
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Walter Dean Myers |
Lockdown
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Jeff Burlingame |
Malcolm X: I Believe in the Brotherhood of Man, All Men
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Sharon Draper |
Out of My Mind
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Rita Williams-Garcia |
One Crazy Summer
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NAACP Image Award – President's Award
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