NAACP Image Awards 2020

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Bester Film	Beste Regie
Just Mercy Dolemite Is My Name Harriet – Der Weg in die Freiheit Queen & Slim Wir	Chiwetel Ejiofor –Der Junge, der den Wind einfing Mati Diop –Atlantics Reginald Hudlin –The Black Godfather Kasi Lemmons –Harriet – Der Weg in die Freiheit Jordan Peele –Wir
Bester Hauptdarsteller	Beste Hauptdarstellerin
Michael B. Jordan –Just Mercy Chadwick Boseman –21 Bridges Winston Duke –Wir Daniel Kaluuya –Queen & Slim Eddie Murphy –Dolemite Is My Name	Lupita Nyong'o –Wir Cynthia Erivo –Harriet – Der Weg in die Freiheit Naomie Harris –Black and Blue Jodie Turner-Smith –Queen & Slim Alfre Woodard –Clemency
Bester Nebendarsteller	Beste Nebendarstellerin
Jamie Foxx –Just Mercy Sterling K. Brown –Waves Tituss Burgess –Dolemite Is My Name Leslie Odom Jr. –Harriet – Der Weg in die Freiheit Wesley Snipes –Dolemite Is My Name	Marsai Martin –Little Jennifer Lopez –Hustlers Janelle Monáe –Harriet – Der Weg in die Freiheit Da'Vine Joy Randolph –Dolemite Is My Name Octavia Spencer –Luce
Bestes Drehbuch	Bester Independentfilm
Jordan Peele –Wir Doug Atchison –Brian Banks Chinonye Chukwu –Clemency Destin Daniel Cretton –Just Mercy Kasi Lemmons –Harriet – Der Weg in die Freiheit	Dolemite Is My Name Clemency Luce Queen & Slim Der Junge, der den Wind einfing
Bester Newcomer	Bestes Ensemble
Marsai Martin –Little Cynthia Erivo –Harriet – Der Weg in die Freiheit Shahadi Wright Joseph –Wir Rob Morgan –Just Mercy Jodie Turner-Smith –Queen & Slim	Just Mercy Dolemite Is My Name Harriet – Der Weg in die Freiheit Queen & Slim Wir

Bester Film

Beste Regie

Just Mercy

Chiwetel Ejiofor –Der Junge, der den Wind einfing
- Mati Diop –Atlantics
- Reginald Hudlin –The Black Godfather
- Kasi Lemmons –Harriet – Der Weg in die Freiheit
- Jordan Peele –Wir

Bester Hauptdarsteller

Beste Hauptdarstellerin

Michael B. Jordan –Just Mercy
- Chadwick Boseman –21 Bridges
- Winston Duke –Wir
- Daniel Kaluuya –Queen & Slim
- Eddie Murphy –Dolemite Is My Name

Lupita Nyong'o –Wir
- Cynthia Erivo –Harriet – Der Weg in die Freiheit
- Naomie Harris –Black and Blue
- Jodie Turner-Smith –Queen & Slim
- Alfre Woodard –Clemency

Bester Nebendarsteller

Beste Nebendarstellerin

Jamie Foxx –Just Mercy
- Sterling K. Brown –Waves
- Tituss Burgess –Dolemite Is My Name
- Leslie Odom Jr. –Harriet – Der Weg in die Freiheit
- Wesley Snipes –Dolemite Is My Name

Marsai Martin –Little
- Jennifer Lopez –Hustlers
- Janelle Monáe –Harriet – Der Weg in die Freiheit
- Da'Vine Joy Randolph –Dolemite Is My Name
- Octavia Spencer –Luce

Bestes Drehbuch

Bester Independentfilm

Jordan Peele –Wir
- Doug Atchison –Brian Banks
- Chinonye Chukwu –Clemency
- Destin Daniel Cretton –Just Mercy
- Kasi Lemmons –Harriet – Der Weg in die Freiheit

Dolemite Is My Name
- Clemency
- Luce
- Queen & Slim
- Der Junge, der den Wind einfing

Bester Newcomer

Bestes Ensemble

Marsai Martin –Little
- Cynthia Erivo –Harriet – Der Weg in die Freiheit
- Shahadi Wright Joseph –Wir
- Rob Morgan –Just Mercy
- Jodie Turner-Smith –Queen & Slim

Just Mercy

Beste Dramaserie
Greenleaf Godfather of Harlem Queen Sugar The Chi Watchmen
Bester Hauptdarsteller in einer Dramaserie	Bester Hauptdarsteller in einer Dramaserie
Omari Hardwick –Power Sterling K. Brown –This Is Us Billy Porter –Pose Kofi Siriboe –Queen Sugar Forest Whitaker –Godfather of Harlem	Angela Bassett –9-1-1 Viola Davis –How to Get Away with Murder Regina King –Watchmen Simone Missick –All Rise – Die Richterin Rutina Wesley –Queen Sugar
Bester Nebendarsteller in einer Dramaserie	Beste Nebendarstellerin in einer Dramaserie
Harold Perrineau –Claws Giancarlo Esposito –Godfather of Harlem Delroy Lindo –The Good Fight Wendell Pierce –Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Nigél Thatch –Godfather of Harlem	Lynn Whitfield –Greenleaf Tina Lifford –Queen Sugar CCH Pounder –NCIS: New Orleans Lyric Ross –This Is Us Susan Kelechi Watson –This Is Us

Beste Dramaserie

Greenleaf
- Godfather of Harlem
- Queen Sugar
- The Chi
- Watchmen

Bester Hauptdarsteller in einer Dramaserie

Omari Hardwick –Power
- Sterling K. Brown –This Is Us
- Billy Porter –Pose
- Kofi Siriboe –Queen Sugar
- Forest Whitaker –Godfather of Harlem

Angela Bassett –9-1-1
- Viola Davis –How to Get Away with Murder
- Regina King –Watchmen
- Simone Missick –All Rise – Die Richterin
- Rutina Wesley –Queen Sugar

Bester Nebendarsteller in einer Dramaserie

Beste Nebendarstellerin in einer Dramaserie

Harold Perrineau –Claws
- Giancarlo Esposito –Godfather of Harlem
- Delroy Lindo –The Good Fight
- Wendell Pierce –Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
- Nigél Thatch –Godfather of Harlem

Lynn Whitfield –Greenleaf
- Tina Lifford –Queen Sugar
- CCH Pounder –NCIS: New Orleans
- Lyric Ross –This Is Us
- Susan Kelechi Watson –This Is Us

Beste Comedy-Serie
Black-ish Ballers Dear White People Grown-ish The Neighborhood
Bester Hauptdarsteller in einer Comedy-Serie	Beste Hauptdarstellerin in einer Comedy-Serie
Anthony Anderson –Black-ish Cedric the Entertainer –The Neighborhood Don Cheadle –Black Monday Dwayne Johnson –Ballers Tracy Morgan –The Last O.G.	Tracee Ellis Ross –Black-ish Logan Browning –Dear White People Tiffany Haddish –The Last O.G. Jill Scott –First Wives Club Yara Shahidi –Grown-ish
Bester Nebendarsteller in einer Comedy-Serie	Beste Nebendarstellerin in einer Comedy-Serie
Deon Cole –Black-ish Andre Braugher –Brooklyn Nine-Nine Tituss Burgess –Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Terry Crews –Brooklyn Nine-Nine Laurence Fishburne –Black-ish	Marsai Martin –Black-ish Tichina Arnold –The Neighborhood Halle Bailey –Grown-ish Loretta Devine –Familienanhang Regina Hall –Black Monday

Beste Comedy-Serie

Black-ish
- Ballers
- Dear White People
- Grown-ish
- The Neighborhood

Bester Hauptdarsteller in einer Comedy-Serie

Beste Hauptdarstellerin in einer Comedy-Serie

Anthony Anderson –Black-ish
- Cedric the Entertainer –The Neighborhood
- Don Cheadle –Black Monday
- Dwayne Johnson –Ballers
- Tracy Morgan –The Last O.G.

Tracee Ellis Ross –Black-ish
- Logan Browning –Dear White People
- Tiffany Haddish –The Last O.G.
- Jill Scott –First Wives Club
- Yara Shahidi –Grown-ish

Bester Nebendarsteller in einer Comedy-Serie

Beste Nebendarstellerin in einer Comedy-Serie

Deon Cole –Black-ish
- Andre Braugher –Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Tituss Burgess –Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
- Terry Crews –Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Laurence Fishburne –Black-ish

Marsai Martin –Black-ish
- Tichina Arnold –The Neighborhood
- Halle Bailey –Grown-ish
- Loretta Devine –Familienanhang
- Regina Hall –Black Monday

Bester Fernsehfilm, Miniserie oder Special
When They See Us American Son Being Mary Jane Native Son True Detective
Bester Hauptdarsteller in einem Fernsehfilm oder Miniserie	Beste Hauptdarstellerin in einem Fernsehfilm oder Miniserie
Jharrel Jerome –When They See Us Mahershala Ali –True Detective Idris Elba –Luther Caleel Harris –When They See Us Ethan Henry Herisse –When They See Us	Niecy Nash –When They See Us Aunjanue Ellis –When They See Us Octavia Spencer –Truth Be Told Gabrielle Union –Being Mary Jane Kerry Washington –American Son
Beste Regie in einem Fernsehfilm oder Special	Bestes Drehbuch in einem Fernsehfilm oder Special
Rashid Johnson –Native Son Codie Elaine Oliver –Black Love Janice Cooke –I Am Somebody's Child: The Regina Louise Story Kenny Leon –American Son Russ Parr –The Bobby Debarge Story	Suzan-Lori Parks –Native Son Cas Sigers-Beedles –Twas the Chaos Before Christmas Melissa Bustamante –A Christmas Winter Song Patrik-Ian Polk –Being Mary Jane Yvette Nicole Brown –Always a Bridesmaid

Bester Fernsehfilm, Miniserie oder Special

When They See Us
- American Son
- Being Mary Jane
- Native Son
- True Detective

Bester Hauptdarsteller in einem Fernsehfilm oder Miniserie

Beste Hauptdarstellerin in einem Fernsehfilm oder Miniserie

Jharrel Jerome –When They See Us
- Mahershala Ali –True Detective
- Idris Elba –Luther
- Caleel Harris –When They See Us
- Ethan Henry Herisse –When They See Us

Niecy Nash –When They See Us
- Aunjanue Ellis –When They See Us
- Octavia Spencer –Truth Be Told
- Gabrielle Union –Being Mary Jane
- Kerry Washington –American Son

Beste Regie in einem Fernsehfilm oder Special

Bestes Drehbuch in einem Fernsehfilm oder Special

Rashid Johnson –Native Son
- Codie Elaine Oliver –Black Love
- Janice Cooke –I Am Somebody's Child: The Regina Louise Story
- Kenny Leon –American Son
- Russ Parr –The Bobby Debarge Story

Suzan-Lori Parks –Native Son
- Cas Sigers-Beedles –Twas the Chaos Before Christmas
- Melissa Bustamante –A Christmas Winter Song
- Patrik-Ian Polk –Being Mary Jane
- Yvette Nicole Brown –Always a Bridesmaid

Beste Talkshow	Beste Reality- oder Gameshow
Red Table Talk The Daily Show with Trevor Noah The Real The Shop: Uninteruppted The Tamron Hall Show	Rhythm + Flow Iyanla: Fix My Life Lip Sync Battle Sunday Best The Voice
Beste Nachrichtensendung	Bester Moderator einer Talkshow
Unsung Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools Surviving R. Kelly The Breakfast Club The Story of God with Morgan Freeman	Jada Pinkett Smith –Red Table Talk Whoopi Goldberg,Joy Behar,Sunny Hostin,Meghan McCain,Abby Huntsman undAna Navarro –The View Lester Holt –NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt Trevor Noah –The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Angela Rye –Young Gifted and Broke: A BET Town Hall
Outstanding Variety Show	Bester Moderator einer Reality-, Game- oder Varietée-Show
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé Black Girls Rock! 2019 Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones Saturday Night Live Wanda Sykes: Not Normal	Steve Harvey –Celebrity Family Feud Wayne Brady –Let's Make a Deal Regina Hall –2019 BET Awards LL Cool J –Lip Sync Battle Iyanla Vanzant –Iyanla: Fix My Life

Beste Talkshow

Beste Reality- oder Gameshow

Red Table Talk

Rhythm + Flow
- Iyanla: Fix My Life
- Lip Sync Battle
- Sunday Best
- The Voice

Beste Nachrichtensendung

Bester Moderator einer Talkshow

Unsung

Jada Pinkett Smith –Red Table Talk

Outstanding Variety Show

Bester Moderator einer Reality-, Game- oder Varietée-Show

Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé

Steve Harvey –Celebrity Family Feud
- Wayne Brady –Let's Make a Deal
- Regina Hall –2019 BET Awards
- LL Cool J –Lip Sync Battle
- Iyanla Vanzant –Iyanla: Fix My Life

Bester Kinderdarsteller	Bester Gastdarsteller
Marsai Martin –Black-ish Miles Brown –Black-ish Lonnie Chavis –This Is Us Caleel Harris –When They See Us Lyric Ross –This Is Us	Kelly Rowland –American Soul David Alan Grier –Queen Sugar Sanaa Lathan –The Affair MAJOR. –Star Blair Underwood –Dear White People

Bester Kinderdarsteller

Bester Gastdarsteller

Marsai Martin –Black-ish
- Miles Brown –Black-ish
- Lonnie Chavis –This Is Us
- Caleel Harris –When They See Us
- Lyric Ross –This Is Us

Kelly Rowland –American Soul
- David Alan Grier –Queen Sugar
- Sanaa Lathan –The Affair
- MAJOR. –Star
- Blair Underwood –Dear White People

Bestes Album	Bester Newcomer
Beyoncé –Homecoming: The Live Album Lizzo –Cuz I Love You H.E.R. –I Used to Know Her Fantasia –Sketchbook India Arie –Worthy	Lil Nas X Ari Lennox Lucky Daye Mahalia Mykal Kilgore
Bester Sänger	Beste Sängerin
Bruno Mars Khalid Lil Nas X MAJOR. PJ Morton	Beyoncé Fantasia H.E.R. India.Arie Lizzo
Beste Band, Duo oder Kollaboration	Bestes Jazzalbum
Blue Ivy,Saint Jhn,Beyoncé &Wizkid –Brown Skin Girl Chris Brown feat.Drake –No Guidance PJ Morton feat.JoJo –Say So Ari Lennox &J. Cole –Shea Butter Baby Alicia Keys &Miguel –Show Me Love	Jazzmeia Horn –Love & Liberation David Sánchez –Carib Najee –Center of the Heart Nathan Mitchell –SoulMate Vanessa Rubin –The Dream Is You: Vanessa Rubin Sings Tadd Dameron
Bestes Musik- oder Konzertvideo	Bester Song, Traditional
Lizzo –Juice H.E.R. –Hard Place Chris Brown feat.Drake –No Guidance India Arie –Steady Love Khalid –Talk	Beyoncé –Spirit Fantasia –Enough Lizzo –Jerome Cynthia Erivo –Stand Up India Arie –Steady Love
Bester Song, Contemporary	Bester Gospel- oder christlicher Song
Beyoncé –Before I Let Go H.E.R. –Hard Place Lizzo –Juice Normani –Motivation Khalid –Talk	Kirk Franklin –Love Theory John P. Kee feat.Zacardi Cortez –I Made It Out BeBe Winans feat. Korean Soul –Laughter Donnie McClurkin –Not Yet The Clark Sisters –Victory
Bestes Jazzalbum	Bester Soundtrack
Jazzmeia Horn –Love & Liberation David Sánchez –Carib Najee –Center of the Heart Nathan Mitchell –SoulMate Vanessa Rubin –The Dream Is You: Vanessa Rubin Sings Tadd Dameron	Beyoncé & Various Artists –The Lion King: The Gift Terence Blanchard –Harriet Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various artists –Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack Various artists –The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Michael Abels –Us (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Bestes Album

Bester Newcomer

Beyoncé –Homecoming: The Live Album
- Lizzo –Cuz I Love You
- H.E.R. –I Used to Know Her
- Fantasia –Sketchbook
- India Arie –Worthy

Lil Nas X

Bester Sänger

Beste Sängerin

Bruno Mars

Beyoncé

Beste Band, Duo oder Kollaboration

Bestes Jazzalbum

Blue Ivy,Saint Jhn,Beyoncé &Wizkid –Brown Skin Girl
- Chris Brown feat.Drake –No Guidance
- PJ Morton feat.JoJo –Say So
- Ari Lennox &J. Cole –Shea Butter Baby
- Alicia Keys &Miguel –Show Me Love

Jazzmeia Horn –Love & Liberation
- David Sánchez –Carib
- Najee –Center of the Heart
- Nathan Mitchell –SoulMate
- Vanessa Rubin –The Dream Is You: Vanessa Rubin Sings Tadd Dameron

Bestes Musik- oder Konzertvideo

Bester Song, Traditional

Lizzo –Juice
- H.E.R. –Hard Place
- Chris Brown feat.Drake –No Guidance
- India Arie –Steady Love
- Khalid –Talk

Beyoncé –Spirit
- Fantasia –Enough
- Lizzo –Jerome
- Cynthia Erivo –Stand Up
- India Arie –Steady Love

Bester Song, Contemporary

Bester Gospel- oder christlicher Song

Beyoncé –Before I Let Go
- H.E.R. –Hard Place
- Lizzo –Juice
- Normani –Motivation
- Khalid –Talk

Kirk Franklin –Love Theory
- John P. Kee feat.Zacardi Cortez –I Made It Out
- BeBe Winans feat. Korean Soul –Laughter
- Donnie McClurkin –Not Yet
- The Clark Sisters –Victory

Bestes Jazzalbum

Bester Soundtrack

Jazzmeia Horn –Love & Liberation
- David Sánchez –Carib
- Najee –Center of the Heart
- Nathan Mitchell –SoulMate
- Vanessa Rubin –The Dream Is You: Vanessa Rubin Sings Tadd Dameron

Beyoncé & Various Artists –The Lion King: The Gift
- Terence Blanchard –Harriet Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Various artists –Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack
- Various artists –The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Michael Abels –Us (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Bester Autor (Belletristik)	Bester Autor (Nonfiktion)
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton:The Revisioners Margaret Busby:New Daughters of Africa Petina Gappah:Out of Darkness, Shining Light (dt. Aus der Dunkelheit strahlendes Licht) Jacqueline Woodson:Red at the Bone Ta-Nehisi Coates:The Water Dancer	Toni Morrison:The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations(dt. Selbstachtung. Ausgewählte Essays.) Imani Perry:Breathe: A Letter to My Sons Henry Louis Gates Jr.:STONY THE ROAD: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow Sarah M. Broom:The Yellow House Damon Young:What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essay
Bester Debütautor	Bestes biografisches Werk
Hal Banfield:I Am Dance: Words and Images of the Black Dancer Erica Campbell:More Than Pretty: Doing the Soul Work That Uncovers Your True Beauty Lauren Wilkinson:American Spy Joanne Ramos:The Farm Kiley Reid:Such a Fun Age	Elaine Welteroth:More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) Cyntoia Brown-Long:Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System Prince Rogers Nelson:The Beautiful Ones Prince Rogers Nelson and Randee St. Nicholas:My Name Is Prince Valerie Jarrett:Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward
Bester Ratgeber	Beste Gedichtsammlung
Karen Arrington:Your Next Level Life: 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, And Opportunity For Black Women In America Candace E. Wilkins:Letters to the Finishers (who struggle to finish) Erica Campbell:More Than Pretty: Doing the Soul Work that Uncovers Your True Beauty José Andrés:Vegetables Unleashed Farah Merhi:Inspire Your Home: Easy, Affordable Ideas to Make Every Room Glamorous	Reginald Dwayne Betts:Felon: Poems DaMaris B. Hill:A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland Lauren K. Alleyne:Honeyfish Chet'la Sebree:Mistress Jericho Brown:The Tradition
Bestes Kinderbuch	Bestes Jugendbuch
Lupita Nyong'o &Vashti Harrison:Sulwe Barry Wittenstein &Jerry Pinkney:A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation Matthew A. Cherry & Vashti Harrison:Hair Love Parker Curry und Jessica Curry mit Brittany Jackson:Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment Tom Percival:Ruby Finds a Worry	Christopher John Farley:Around Harvard Square Meredith Davis andRebeka Uwitonze:Her Own Two Feet: A Rwandan Girl’s Brave Fight to Walk Ebony Flowers:Hot Comb Gilly Segal andKimberly Jones:I’m Not Dying with You Tonight India Hill Brown:The Forgotten Girl

Bester Autor (Belletristik)

Bester Autor (Nonfiktion)

Margaret Wilkerson Sexton:The Revisioners
- Margaret Busby:New Daughters of Africa
- Petina Gappah:Out of Darkness, Shining Light (dt. Aus der Dunkelheit strahlendes Licht)
- Jacqueline Woodson:Red at the Bone
- Ta-Nehisi Coates:The Water Dancer

Toni Morrison:The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations(dt. Selbstachtung. Ausgewählte Essays.)
- Imani Perry:Breathe: A Letter to My Sons
- Henry Louis Gates Jr.:STONY THE ROAD: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
- Sarah M. Broom:The Yellow House
- Damon Young:What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essay

Bester Debütautor

Bestes biografisches Werk

Hal Banfield:I Am Dance: Words and Images of the Black Dancer
- Erica Campbell:More Than Pretty: Doing the Soul Work That Uncovers Your True Beauty
- Lauren Wilkinson:American Spy
- Joanne Ramos:The Farm
- Kiley Reid:Such a Fun Age

Elaine Welteroth:More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say)
- Cyntoia Brown-Long:Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System
- Prince Rogers Nelson:The Beautiful Ones
- Prince Rogers Nelson and Randee St. Nicholas:My Name Is Prince
- Valerie Jarrett:Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward

Bester Ratgeber

Beste Gedichtsammlung

Karen Arrington:Your Next Level Life: 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, And Opportunity For Black Women In America
- Candace E. Wilkins:Letters to the Finishers (who struggle to finish)
- Erica Campbell:More Than Pretty: Doing the Soul Work that Uncovers Your True Beauty
- José Andrés:Vegetables Unleashed
- Farah Merhi:Inspire Your Home: Easy, Affordable Ideas to Make Every Room Glamorous

Reginald Dwayne Betts:Felon: Poems
- DaMaris B. Hill:A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland
- Lauren K. Alleyne:Honeyfish
- Chet'la Sebree:Mistress
- Jericho Brown:The Tradition

Bestes Kinderbuch

Bestes Jugendbuch

Lupita Nyong'o &Vashti Harrison:Sulwe
- Barry Wittenstein &Jerry Pinkney:A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation
- Matthew A. Cherry & Vashti Harrison:Hair Love
- Parker Curry und Jessica Curry mit Brittany Jackson:Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment
- Tom Percival:Ruby Finds a Worry

Christopher John Farley:Around Harvard Square
- Meredith Davis andRebeka Uwitonze:Her Own Two Feet: A Rwandan Girl’s Brave Fight to Walk
- Ebony Flowers:Hot Comb
- Gilly Segal andKimberly Jones:I’m Not Dying with You Tonight
- India Hill Brown:The Forgotten Girl

President's Award
Rihanna
Chairman's Award
John Lewis
Vanguard Award
Bethann Hardison
Entertainer of the Year
Lizzo Angela Bassett Billy Porter Regina King Tyler Perry
Key of Life Award
Brig GenCharles E. McGee

President's Award