48th NAACP Image Awards

Motion Picture

Outstanding Motion Picture

• Hidden Figures
• * The Birth of a Nation
• * Fences
• * Loving
• * Moonlight

  Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

• Denzel Washington – Fences
• * Don Cheadle – Miles Ahead
• * Stephan James – Race
• * Nate Parker – The Birth of a Nation
• * Will Smith – Collateral Beauty

  Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

• Taraji P. Henson – Hidden Figures
• * Angela Bassett – London Has Fallen
• * Madina Nalwanga – Queen of Katwe
• * Ruth Negga – Loving
• * Tika Sumpter – Southside With You

  Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

• Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
• * Chadwick Boseman –
• * Alano Miller – Loving
• * David Oyelowo – Queen of Katwe
• * Trevante Rhodes – Moonlight

  Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

• Viola Davis – Fences
• * Aja Naomi King – The Birth of a Nation
• * Mo’Nique – Almost Christmas
• * Lupita Nyong'o – Queen of Katwe
• * Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures

  Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

• Moonlight
• * The Birth of a Nation
• * Lion
• * Loving
• * Miles Ahead

  Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture

• Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
• * Nate Parker – The Birth of a Nation
• * Anthony and Joe Russo –
• * Garth Davis – Lion
• * Mira Nair – Queen of Katwe

  Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture

• Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
• * Adam Mansbach – Barry
• * Nate Parker – The Birth of a Nation
• * Jeff Nichols – Loving
• * Richard Tanne – Southside With You

  Television

Outstanding Drama Series

• Queen Sugar
• * Empire
• * Power
• * This Is Us
• * Underground

  Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

• Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us
• * Mike Colter – Marvel's Luke Cage
• * Omari Hardwick – Power
• * Terrence Howard – Empire
• * Kofi Siriboe – Queen Sugar

  Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

• Taraji P. Henson – Empire
• * Viola Davis – How to Get Away with Murder
• * Jurnee Smollett-Bell – Underground
• * Kerry Washington – Scandal
• * Rutina Wesley – Queen Sugar

  Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Jussie Smollett – Empire
• * Trai Byers – Empire
• * Alfred Enoch – How to Get Away with Murder
• * Joe Morton – Scandal
• * Jesse Williams – Grey's Anatomy

  Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Naturi Naughton – Power
• * CCH Pounder –
• * Cicely Tyson – How to Get Away with Murder
• * Lynn Whitfield – Greenleaf
• * Amirah Vann – Underground

  Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series

• John Singleton – ' – "The Race Card"'
• * Millicent Shelton – Empire – The Lyon Who Cried Wolf"
• * Sam Esmail – Mr. Robot – "eps2.5_h4ndshake.sme"
• * Paris Barclay – Pitch – "Pilot"
• * Anthony Hemingway – Underground'' – "The Macon 7"

  Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series

• Ava DuVernay – Queen Sugar – "First Things First"
• * Akela Cooper – Marvel's Luke Cage – "Manifest"
• * Anthony Sparks – Queen Sugar – "By Any Chance"
• * Joe Robert Cole – ' – "The Race Card"
• * LaToya Morgan – ' – "Benediction"

  Outstanding Comedy Series

• Black-ish
• * Atlanta
• * The Carmichael Show
• * Insecure
• * Survivor's Remorse

  Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

• Anthony Anderson – Black-ish
• * Don Cheadle – House of Lies
• * Donald Glover – Atlanta
• * Kevin Hart – Real Husbands of Hollywood
• * Dwayne Johnson – Ballers

  Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

• Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish
• * Uzo Aduba – Orange is the New Black
• * Niecy Nash – The Soul Man
• * Issa Rae – Insecure
• * Keesha Sharp – Lethal Weapon

  Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Laurence Fishburne – Black-ish
• * Miles Brown – Black-ish
• * Tituss Burgess – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
• * Deon Cole – Black-ish
• * David Alan Grier – The Carmichael Show

  Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Adrienne C. Moore – Orange is the New Black
• * Erica Ash – Survivor's Remorse
• * Laverne Cox – Orange Is the New Black
• * Marsai Martin – Black-ish
• * Yvonne Orji – Insecure

  Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

• Donald Glover – Atlanta – "Value"
• * Anton Cropper – Black-ish – "God"
• * Anton Cropper – Black-ish – "Good-ish Times"
• * Melina Matsoukas – Insecure – "Insecure as F**k"
• * Marta Cunningham – Transparent – "Exciting and New"

  Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

• Kenya Barris – Black-ish – "Hope"
• * Donald Glover – Atlanta – "B.A.N."
• * Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore – Insecure – "Insecure as F**k"
• * Prentice Penny – Insecure – "Real as F**k"
• * Our Lady J – Transparent – "If I Were a Bell"

  Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

• * American Crime
• * Confirmation
• * The Night Of
• * Roots

  Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

• Courtney B. Vance – '
• * Sterling K. Brown – '
• * Cuba Gooding Jr. –
• * Malachi Kirby – Roots
• * Jeffrey Wright – Confirmation

  Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

• Regina King – American Crime
• * Emayatzy Corinealdi – Roots
• * Audra McDonald – Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
• * Anika Noni Rose – Roots
• * Kerry Washington – Confirmation

  Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television)

• Rick Famuyiwa – Confirmation
• * Carl Seaton – Bad Dad Rehab
• * Mario Van Peebles – Roots
• * Thomas Carter – Roots
• * Vondie Curtis-Hall –

  Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture – (Television)

• Charles Murray – Roots
• * Alison McDonald –
• * Rashida Jones and Michael Schur – Black Mirror
• * Rhonda Freeman-Baraka – Merry Christmas, Baby!
• * Alison McDonald – Roots

  Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited Series)

• Marsai Martin – Black-ish
• * Emyyri Crutchfield – Roots
• * Hudson Yang – Fresh Off The Boat
• * Lonnie Chavis – This Is Us
• * Miles Brown – Black-ish

  Outstanding Talk Series

• Steve Harvey
• * The Real
• * Super Soul Sunday
• * The Talk
• * The View

  Outstanding Variety (Series or Special)

• 2016 Black Girls Rock
• * Celebrity Family Feud
• * The Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards 2016
• * Lemonade
• * Lip Sync Battle

  Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition Series

• * Little Big Shots
• * Mary Mary
• * United Shades of America
• * The Voice

  Outstanding Children’s Program

• * All In with Cam Newton
• * Doc McStuffins
• * K.C. Undercover
• * The Lion Guard

  Outstanding News / Information – (Series or Special)

• * AM Joy with Joy Reid
• * StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
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• * Unsung: Sugarhill Gang

  Outstanding Host in a Talk, Reality, News/ Information or Variety (Series or Special)

• Roland S. Martin – NewsOne Now with Roland S. Martin
• * Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross – BET Awards 2016
• * W. Kamau Bell – United Shades of America
• * Steve Harvey – Steve Harvey
• * Joy Reid – AM Joy with Joy Reid

  Documentary

Outstanding Documentary – (Film)

• 13th
• * I Am Not Your Negro
• * Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
• * Miss Sharon Jones!
• * Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

  Outstanding Documentary – (Television)

• Roots: A New Vision
• * Major League Legends: Hank Aaron
• * Policing the Police
• * Roots: A History Revealed
• * Streets of Compton

  Animated/CGI

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

• Idris Elba – The Jungle Book
• * Loretta Devine – Doc McStuffins
• * Idris Elba – Finding Dory
• * Kevin Hart – The Secret Life of Pets
• * Dwayne Johnson – Moana

  Music

Outstanding New Artist

• Chance the Rapper
• * Ro James
• * MAJOR.
• * Serayah
• * Chloe x Halle

  Outstanding Male Artist

• Maxwell
• * Chance the Rapper
• * Kendrick Lamar
• * Bruno Mars
• * Anthony Hamilton

  Outstanding Female Artist

• Beyoncé
• * Fantasia
• * Alicia Keys
• * K. Michelle
• * Solange

  Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration

• Beyoncé feat. Kendrick Lamar – "Freedom"
• * Alicia Keys feat. ASAP Rocky – "Blended Family "
• * Solange feat. Lil Wayne – "Mad"
• * Robert Glasper and Miles Davis – "Everything's Beautiful"
• * Sounds of Blackness feat. HSRA – "Royalty"

  Outstanding Jazz Album

• Edward Simon – Latin American Songbook
• * Leslie Odom Jr. – Leslie Odom Jr.
• * Branford Marsalis Quartet and Kurt Elling – Upward Spiral
• * Robert Glasper and Miles Davis – Everything's Beautiful
• * Erroll Garner – Ready Take One

  Outstanding Gospel Album – Traditional or Contemporary

• Tamela Mann – One Way
• * Donnie McClurkin – The Journey
• * Myron Butler – Myron Butler & Levi On Purpose
• * Livre – Jericho: Tribe of Joshua
• * Fred Hammond – Worship Journal Live

  Outstanding Music Video

• Beyoncé – "Formation"
• * Johnny Gill feat. New Edition – "This One's for Me and You"
• * Bruno Mars – "24K Magic"
• * Solange – "Cranes in the Sky"
• * Alicia Keys – "In Common"

  Outstanding Song, Contemporary

• Beyoncé feat. Kendrick Lamar – "Freedom"
• * Common feat. Bilal – "Letter to the Free"
• * Sounds of Blackness feat. HSRA – "Royalty"
• * Bruno Mars – "24K Magic"
• * Beyoncé – "Formation"

  Outstanding Song, Traditional

• Kim Burrell and Pharrell Williams – "I See Victory"
• * Solange – "Cranes in the Sky"
• * Anthony Hamilton – "Amen"
• * Tamela Mann – "God Provides"
• * Maxwell – "Lake by the Ocean"

  Outstanding Album

• Beyoncé – Lemonade
• * Solange – A Seat at the Table
• * Kendrick Lamar – untitled unmastered.
• * Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book
• * Anthony Hamilton – What I'm Feelin'

  Literature

Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction

• Bernice L. McFadden – The Book of Harlan
• * Jacqueline Woodson – Another Brooklyn
• * Lawrence Hill – The Illegal
• * Yvvette Edwards – The Mother
• * Colson Whitehead – The Underground Railroad: A Novel

  Outstanding Literary Work, Non-Fiction

• Margot Lee Shetterly – Hidden Figures
• * Eddie S. Glaude Jr. – Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul
• * Angela Y. Davis – Freedom is a Constant Struggle
• * Ibram X. Kendi –
• * Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld – Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White

  Outstanding Literary Work, Debut Author

• Trevor Noah – Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
• * Lisa Fenn – Carry On
• * Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America's Largest Criminal Court
• * Natashia Deón – Grace: A Novel
• * Cory Booker – United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good

  Outstanding Literary Work, Biography/Auto-Biography

• Trevor Noah – Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
• * Taraji P. Henson – Around the Way Girl: A Memoir
• * Nathaniel Jones – Answering the Call: An Autobiography of the Modern Struggle to End Racial Discrimination in America
• * Mychal Denzel Smith – Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching, A Young Black Man's Education
• * Herb Powell and Maurice White – My Life with Earth, Wind & Fire

  Outstanding Literary Work, Instructional

• Daymond John and Daniel Paisner – The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage
• * JJ Smith – Green Smoothies for Life
• * LA Reid – LA Reid Sing to Me: My Story of Making Music, Finding Magic, and Searching for Who's Next
• * Joy M. Scott-Carrol and Anthony Sparks – Running the Long Race in Gifted Education: Narratives and Interviews from Culturally Diverse Gifted Adults
• * The Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and Douglas Abrams – The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

  Outstanding Literary Work, Poetry

• Rita Dove – Collected Poems: 1974 – 2004
• * Clint Smith – Counting Descent
• * Jamaal May – The Big Book of Exit Strategies
• * Joshua Bennett – The Sobbing School
• * Phillip B. Williams – Thief in the Interior

  Outstanding Literary Work, Children

• Andrea Davis Pinkney – A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day
• * Karissa Culbreath – Daddy's Little Girl
• * Javaka Steptoe – Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
• * Nikkolas Smith – The Golden Girls Of Rio
• * Gwendolyn Hooks – Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas

  Outstanding Literary Work, Youth/Teens

• Jason Reynolds – As Brave As You
• * Christine Kendall – Riding Chance
• * Holly Robinson Peete, Ryan Elizabeth Peete, and RJ Peete - Same But Different: Teen Life on the Autism Express
• * Sharon Robinson – The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend
• * Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich and Audrey Vernick – Two Naomis