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Image smith logo7/25/2023 ![]() ![]() Wade spoke directly to his child: “All I’ve wanted to do was get it right. Gabrielle Union-Wade and Dwyane Wade were emotional when they accepted the President’s Award as they talked about their daughter, Zaya, and the issues faced by her and other Black trans people. And then, we have to be ready to fight on the ice.” … prepared to fight for our children’s future until hell freezes over. If we don’t … we can’t expect anyone else to. … We have to fight for our children’s future. “We have to stand up for our children’s future. “We are prepared to fight for Black history,” Crump said. The high-profile attorney who has represented the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and Tyre Nichols, among others, vowed to continue his “fight against the legalized genocide of colored people.” And he also pledged to take the fight to the classroom. Social Justice Impact Award winner Benjamin Crump got the crowd on its feet, with people cheering and raising their fists in the air. Newly minted EGOT recipient Viola Davis won her eighth NAACP Image Award for her Oscar-snubbed starring role in The Woman King, thanking everyone who was involved with her “magnum opus” movie, a project she called “nothing but high-octane bravery.”īut it was the night’s honorees who delivered some of the most fiery speeches of the night as they urged the audience to keep fighting for justice. He also indicated he was watching the show as he praised Latifah for her work hosting the telecast. Of the NAACP, Smith referenced president and CEO Derrick Johnson, writing, “I would like to thank the NAACP for honoring our film! you and your entire organization – and the work you do all year round – is truly important, so to be recognized by y’all – it means a lot.” Smith responded to the win later Saturday night on Instagram, writing in part “WOW!! NAACP!! I am absolutely humbled by this!!” He thanked Emancipation director Antoine Fuqua and others he worked with on the Apple film. Presenter Janelle Monáe accepted the award on his behalf. Smith, who has kept a relatively low profile since the incident and subsequent backlash, wasn’t at the 2023 NAACP Image Awards, but the audience applauded at his win. ![]() ![]() Will Smith won best actor in a motion picture for Emancipation, a rare honor for the actor in the wake of his high-profile slap of Chris Rock at last year’s Oscars. “We’re happy that we get to make this show that is accessible to everyone but for and by us.” Watching all of the other shows that paved the way for us, shows that helped push us through the door at ABC like Black-ish … we are so grateful,” Brunson said in part. Star-creator Quinta Brunson accepted the comedy series prize as she invited her co-stars - including 2023 NAACP Image Award winners Tyler James Williams and Janelle James - to join her onstage. He’s with us every day, motivating us, and I can’t think of anyone who done more to advance our image.” Coogler said he was “honored to represent him.”Ībbott Elementary won best comedy series, its sixth award over the course of the NAACP’s six-day awards presentations. In his best motion picture acceptance speech, Coogler paid tribute to late franchise star Chadwick Boseman saying that while they lost him “we gained an ancestor. “Gratitude is the universe’s way of saying that we are not existing in this world alone we have each other.”īassett also won best actress in a drama series for her role in 9-1-1 and earlier in the week, during one of the multiple non-televised ceremonies where the majority of this year’s awards were presented, won for her Oscar-nominated role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.īlack Panther: Wakanda Forever won best motion picture during the Saturday night ceremony and earlier in the week picked up seven other awards, making the film, which led the Image Awards nominations with 12 nods, the top winner, with eight wins. ![]()
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