Die 50. NAACP Image Awards, die von der NAACP verliehen werden, wurden am 30. März 2019 vergeben. Die Ausstrahlung wurde von Anthony Anderson moderiert und erfolgte auf TV One.
Die Veranstaltung fand im Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Kalifornien statt. Im Bereich Film war Black Panther in vielen Kategorien führend und gewann acht Awards, darunter den Award für den besten Film. Bei den fernsehserien war es Black-ish-
Ausgezeichnet wurden People of Color in verschiedenen Kategorien im Bereich Film, Fernsehen Musik und Literatur für ihre Leistungen im Kalenderjahr 2018.
Jay-Z erhielt den President’s Award. Als Entertainer of the Year konnte sich Beyoncé durchsetzen.
Film Bester FilmBeste Regie Black Panther BlacKkKlansman Crazy Rich Beale Street The Hate U Give Ryan Coogler – Black Panther Alan Hicks and Rashida Jones – Quincy Barry Jenkins – Beale Street Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman Steve McQueen – Widows – Tödliche WitwenBester HauptdarstellerBeste Hauptdarstellerin Chadwick Boseman – Black Panther Stephan James – Beale Street Michael B. Jordan – Creed II – Rocky’s Legacy Denzel Washington – The Equalizer 2 John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman Amandla Stenberg – The Hate U Give Viola Davis – Widows – Tödliche Witwen Sanaa Lathan – Alte Zöpfe KiKi Layne – Beale Street Constance Wu – Crazy RichBester NebendarstellerBeste Nebendarstellerin Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther Mahershala Ali – Green Book Winston Duke – Black Panther Brian Tyree Henry – Beale Street Russell Hornsby – The Hate U Give Danai Gurira – Black Panther Regina Hall – The Hate U Give Regina King – Beale Street Lupita Nyong’o – Black Panther Letitia Wright – Black PantherBestes DrehbuchBester Independentfilm Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole – Black Panther Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim – Crazy Rich Barry Jenkins – Beale Street Boots Riley – Sorry to Bother You Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman Beale Street BlacKkKlansman Alte Zöpfe Sorry to Bother You TraffikBester NewcomerBestes Ensemble Letitia Wright – Black Panther Winston Duke – Black Panther KiKi Layne – Beale Street Storm Reid – Das Zeiträtsel John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman Black Panther BlacKkKlansman Crazy Rich The Hate U Give Widows – Tödliche Witwen
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Drama Beste Dramaserie Power This Is Us Queen Sugar The Chi How to Get Away with MurderBester Hauptdarsteller in einer DramaserieBester Hauptdarsteller in einer Dramaserie Omari Hardwick – Power Jason Mitchell – The Chi Keith David – Greenleaf Kofi Siriboe – Queen Sugar Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us Taraji P. Henson – Empire Alfre Woodard – Luke Cage Naturi Naughton – Power Viola Davis – How to Get Away with Murder Rutina Wesley – Queen SugarBester Nebendarsteller in einer DramaserieBeste Nebendarstellerin in einer Dramaserie Jesse Williams – Grey’s Anatomy Joe Morton – Scandal Romany Malco – A Million Little Things Jussie Smollett – Empire Wendell Pierce – Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan Lynn Whitfield – Greenleaf CCH Pounder – Navy CIS: New Orleans Sanaa Lathan – The Affair Susan Kelechi Watson – This Is Us Thandie Newton – Westworld
Comedy Beste Comedy-Serie Black-ish Insecure Grown-ish Dear White People AtlantaBester Hauptdarsteller in einer Comedy-SerieBeste Hauptdarstellerin in einer Comedy-Serie Anthony Anderson – Black-ish Donald Glover – Atlanta Cedric the Entertainer – The Neighborhood Dwayne Johnson – Ballers Tracy Morgan – The Last O.G. Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish Issa Rae – Insecure Yara Shahidi – Grown-ish Logan Browning – Dear White People Danielle Brooks – Orange Is the New BlackBester Nebendarsteller in einer Comedy-SerieBeste Nebendarstellerin in einer Comedy-Serie Marcus Scribner – Black-ish Laurence Fishburne – Black-ish Jay Ellis – Insecure John David Washington – Ballers Tituss Burgess – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Marsai Martin – Black-ish Natasha Rothwell – Insecure Uzo Aduba – Orange Is the New Black Yvonne Orji – Insecure Essence Atkins – Marlon
Fernsehfilm, Miniserie oder Special Bester Fernsehfilm, Miniserie oder Special The Bobby Brown Story Behind the Movement The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar Seven Seconds Jesus Christ Superstar Live in ConcertBester Hauptdarsteller in einem Fernsehfilm oder MiniserieBeste Hauptdarstellerin in einem Fernsehfilm oder Miniserie Michael B. Jordan – Fahrenheit 451 Brandon Victor Dixon – Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert John Legend – Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert Russell Hornsby – Seven Seconds Woody McClain – The Bobby Brown Story Regina King – Seven Seconds Anna Deavere Smith – Notes from the Field Gabrielle Dennis – The Bobby Brown Story Jeanté Godlock – The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar Toni Braxton – Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff StoryBeste Regie in einem Fernsehfilm oder SpecialBestes 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
Reality-Serie und Varieté-Shows Beste TalkshowBeste Reality- oder Gameshow The Real ESPN’s First Take Red Table Talk The Daily Show with Trevor Noah The View Iyanla: Fix My Life Lip Sync Battle RuPaul’s Drag Race Shark Tank The VoiceBeste NachrichtensendungBester Moderator einer Talkshow, einer Reality-, Game- oder Varietée-Show Oprah Winfrey Presents: Becoming Michelle Obama AM Joy Angela Rye’s State of the Union A Thousand Words with Michelle Obama Unsung Jada Pinkett Smith, Adrienne Banfield Norris, Willow Smith – Red Table Talk Trevor Noah – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Lester Holt – NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt LeBron James – The Shop Joy Reid – AM JoyOutstanding Variety oder GameshowBeste Kindersendung Black Girls Rock! 2018 2 Dope Queens Bruno Mars: 24K Magic Live at the Apollo Saturday Night Live Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia Doc McStuffins Top Chef Junior Sesame Street Marvel’s Avengers: Black Panther’s Quest Motown Magic
Schauspiel Bester KinderdarstellerBester Gastdarsteller Marsai Martin – Black-ish Miles Brown – Black-ish Lyric Ross – This Is Us Lonnie Chavis – This Is Us Alex R. Hibbert – The Chi Kerry Washington – How to Get Away with Murder Tisha Campbell-Martin – Empire Loretta Devine – Love Is... Kendrick Lamar – Power Erika Alexander – Black Lightning
Musik Bestes AlbumBester Newcomer Ella Mai – Ella Mai Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer MAJOR. – Even More The Carters – Everything Is Love H.E.R. – I Used to Know Her: The Prelude Ella Mai Jade Novah Koryn Hawthorne Omar Wilson Tory LanezBester SängerBeste Sängerin Bruno Mars MAJOR. John Legend Raheem DeVaughn Childish Gambino H.E.R. Andra Day Janet Jackson Ella Mai Janelle MonáeBeste Band, Duo oder KollaborationBestes Jazzalbum Kendrick Lamar & SZA – All the Stars John Legend feat. BloodPop – A Good Night H.E.R. feat. Bryson Tiller – Could’ve Been Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B – Finesse (Remix) The Carters – Everything Is Love Jazmin Deborah Ghent – The Story of Jaz Christian Sands – Facing Dragons Jon Batiste – Hollywood Africans Ben Tankard – Rise! Camille Thurman – Waiting for the SunriseBestes MusikvideoBester Song, Traditional Childish Gambino – This Is America The Carters – Apes**t H.E.R. feat. Bryson Tiller – Could’ve Been Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B – Finesse (Remix) Kendrick Lamar & SZA – All the Stars Toni Braxton – Long as I Live Andra Day – Amen MAJOR. – Better With You in It Leon Bridges – Beyond Tori Kelly feat. Kirk Franklin – Never AloneBester Song, ContemporaryBester Gospel- oder christlicher Song Ella Mai – Boo’d Up John Legend feat. BloodPop – A Good Night Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B – Finesse (Remix) Childish Gambino – This Is America H.E.R. – As I Am Koryn Hawthorne – Unstoppable Tori Kelly – Hiding Place Tasha Cobbs Leonard – Heart. Passion. Pursuit. Live at Passion City Church Jonathan McReynolds – Make Room Jekalyn Carr – One Nation Under GodBestes JazzalbumBester 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 Kendrick Lamar, SZA feat. Various artists – Black Panther: The Album Music From and Inspired By Various artists – Greenleaf, Season 3 (Music From the Original TV series) Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Marvel’s Luke Cage Season Two Various Artists – Insecure Music From the HBO Original Series, Season 3 Various Artists – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack From & Inspired By the Motion Picture)
Literatur Bester Autor (Belletristik)Bester Autor (Nonfiktion) Tayari Jones: An American Marriage Kimberla Lawson Roby: Better Late Than Never Jesse James Holland, Jr.: Black Panther: Who Is The Black Panther? Prose Novel Victoria Christopher Murray: Envy Malcolm Hansen: They Come in All Colors Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah D. Daughtry, Minyon Moore, Veronica Chambers: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics Zora Neale Hurston: Barracoon: The Story of the Last „Black Cargo“ (dt. Barracoon. Die Geschichte des letzten amerikanischen Sklaven) Beverly Bond: Black Girls Rock! Owning Our Magic. Rocking Our Truth Imani Perry: May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem Anthony Ray Hinton and Lara Love Hardin: The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death RowBester DebütautorBestes biografisches Werk David Mann and Shaun Sanders: Us Against the World: Our Secrets to Love, Marriage, and Family Gaël Faye: Small Country (dt. Kleines Land) Janet Dewart Bell: Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement Nafissa Thompson-Spires: Heads of the Colored People Sheila Brooks and Clint C. Wilson II: Lucile H. Bluford and the Kansas City Call: Activist Voice for Social Justice Michelle Obama: Becoming Franchesca Ramsey: Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist Jeffrey C. Stewart: The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke Nelson Mandela: The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela Zora Neale Hurston and Deborah G. Plant: Barracoon: The Story of the Last „Black Cargo“Bester RatgeberBeste Gedichtsammlung Daymond John and Daniel Paisner: Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life Carla Hall and Genevieve Ko: Carla Hall’s Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah D. Daughtry, Minyon Moore, Veronica Chambers: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics Karima Mariama-Arthur: Poised for Excellence: Fundamental Principles of Effective Leadership in the Boardroom and Beyond Glory Edim: Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves Alice Walker: Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart Allison Elaine Joseph: Confessions of a Barefaced Woman Iain Haley Pollock: Ghost, Like a Place Julian Randall: Refuse Cyrus Cassells: The Gospel According to Wild IndigoBestes KinderbuchBestes Jugendbuch Margot Lee Shetterly & Laura Freeman: Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race (dt. Hidden Figures – Unerkannte Heldinnen) Tonya Bolden: Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, A Monumental American Man Diane Dillon: I Can Be Anything! Don’t Tell Me I Can’t Troy „Trombone Shorty“ Andrews & Bryan Collier: The 5 O’Clock Band Peter H. Reynolds: The Word Collector Jacqueline Woodson: Harbor Me Tahereh Mafi: A Very Large Expanse of Sea (dt.: Wie du mich siehst) James L. Swanson: Chasing King’s Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassin