NAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award
The NAACP Image Award winners for the Chairman's Award:
| Year | Winner | Ref |
| 1992 | Janet Jackson | |
| 1993 | Ron Brown | |
| 1997 | Maxine Waters and Joseph Madison | |
| 1999 | Harry Belafonte | |
| 2002 | Aaron McGruder | |
| 2003 | Danny Glover | |
| 2004 | The Dave Matthews Band | |
| 2005 | Barack Obama | |
| 2006 | The Neville Brothers | |
| 2007 | Bono | |
| 2008 | Ruby Dee | |
| 2009 | Al Gore & Wangari Maathai | |
| 2010 | Tyler Perry | |
| 2012 | Cathy Hughes | |
| 2013 | Michelle J. Howard | |
| 2014 | Forest Whitaker | |
| 2015 | Eric Holder | |
| 2016 | Brittany "Bree" Newsome Justice League NYC Concerned Student 1950 Collective at the University of Missouri The University of Mississippi NAACP College Chapter Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley Rev. Dr. Jamal Harrison Bryant Jussie Smollett | |
| 2017 | Charles Ogletree | |
| 2018 | William Lucy | |
| 2019 | Maxine Waters | |
| 2020 | John Lewis |