Chandra Wilson, Kerry Washington and more were on hand to help celebrate the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium on February 1.
The NAACP Award is presented by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding people of color in film, television, music, and literature.
The 35 categories of the Image Awards are voted on by NAACP members. Honorary awards are included, such as the President's Award, the Chairman's Award, Entertainer of the Year and The Image Award Hall of Fame.
The award ceremony was first presented in 1967 and was first nationally televised in 1994. The 44th annual NAACP Image Awards were broadcast by NBC on February 1.
Here's a look at the awards:
Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington, Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx, Tony Goldwyn and More at the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards
Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington, Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx, Tony Goldwyn and More at the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards
Chandra Wilson, Kerry Washington and more were on hand to help celebrate the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium on February 1.
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Don Cheadle
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Loretta Devine
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Halle Berry
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Cedric the Entertainer and Niecy Nash
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Quvenzhane Wallis
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Wanda Sykes and Wayne Brady
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Wanda Sykes and Wayne Brady
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Quvenzhane Wallis and Dwight Henry
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Diahann Carroll and Benjamin Todd Jealous
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Diahann Carroll and Benjamin Todd Jealous
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The event, organized by Nattalyee Randall and Courtney Daniels, will feature such guest speakers as Broadway for Racial Justice founder Brandon Michael Nase and AFECT co-founder Eden Espinosa.
All Together Now!, available to theatres worldwide free of charge, will include songs by Stephen Schwartz, Ahrens and Flaherty, Jonathan Larson, and more.
