5 Of Our Favorite NAACP Image Awards Moments From The Past

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On March 30, the NAACP Image Awards will be celebrating its 50th awards show ceremony and over the years, the Image Awards have given us some of our favorite and most proud black moments in entertainment. Whether it was a legendary performance or just an unexpected moment during the show, the Image Awards never disappoint.

Before you watch the NAACP Image Awards when they air LIVE on TV One,  we’ve compiled 5 of our favorite moments from the past.

Anthony Anderson vs. Stacey Dash at the 2016 NAACP Image Awards

“Black-ish” star Anthony Anderson hosted the 47th annual NAACP Image Awards in 2016 and opened the show with his own NWA’esque musical number. During his monologue, he took some time to jokingly address Stacey Dash, who had been making headlines due to her very conservative (and often wrong) views. Anderson said, “Everybody give a round of applause for Stacey Dash! What the hell is she doing here? Doesn’t she know that the Fox network is using her? She’s just an Ann Coulter dipped in butterscotch. That’s all she is. Baby, don’t let them use you! Come back to the black people.” Needless to say, Stacey wasn’t feeling it.  In response, she tweeted, “Well it’s funny how woman who weighs 105 wet!  Can get grown ass men to act like llittle girls! Haha.” We’ve got to admit that Anthony was very entertaining.

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Denzel Washington’s Acceptance Speech Leaves Us Motivated

Denzel Washington has put in decades of work as an actor and he’s deserving of every award he gets (and all of the ones he should have gotten). At the NAACP Image Awards in 2017, Mr. Washington won the award for Outstanding Actor In A Motion Picture for his role in Fences and his acceptance speech was everything we never realized we needed.

Jennifer Hudson Shines As The Outstanding New Artist Winner

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In 2009, the NAACP Image Awards definitely got it right when they gave Jennifer Hudson the award for Outstanding New Artist. She also graced the stage to perform alongside Seal. At that time, Hudson had just come off of a breakthrough year, having nabbed her first Oscar for her work in Dreamgirls and also being nominated for a Grammy. The Image Awards knew she’d continue to be something special, even 10 years later.

Andra Day’s Tribute To Barack Obama at the 2017 NAACP Image Awards

Andra Day paid tribute to Barack Obama at the 48th Annual NAACP Image Awards and it left everyone in tears. The soul singer performed “Rise Up” and thanked the former president and first lady for holding us down in the White House.

Black Actresses Proclaim Time’s Up

It was an iconic time at the Image Awards when six black actresses took to the stage in the name of the Times Up Movement. Kerry Washington, Tracee Ellis Ross, Lena Waithe, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Angela Robinson and Laverne Cox each delivered a message and used their voices to prompt others to “stand by us, stand for us, stand with us” against sexual harrasment and assault.