48TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS LIVE STREAM

NAACP IMAGE AWARDS 2017 WILL BE GIVEN FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED
PEOPLE TO HONOR OUTSTANDING PEOPLE OF COLOR IN FILM, TELEVISION,
MUSIC, AND LITERATURE, OFFICIALLY IS IS PRESENTED BY THE AMERICAN
NATIONAL ASSOCI ATION . TV COVERAGE, ONLINE UPDATES, DETAILS OF WINNERS
& NOMINEES OF NAACP IMAGE AWARD 2017 LIVE STREAM IS AVAILABLE HERE. THE
48TH ANNUAL NAACP IMAGE AWARDS LIVE HAVE BEEN SET FOR FEBRUARY 11,
2017 IN A CEREMONY TO AIR LIVE AS A TWO-HOUR TELECAST ON TV ONE. NAACP
IMAGE AWARDS 2017

NOMINATIONS OF 2017 NAACP IMAGE AWARDS WILL BE ANNOUNCED DECEMBER 6

IN CATEGORIES COVERING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF PEOPLE OF COLOR IN
FILM, TV, MUSIC AND LITERATURE. IN THE LAST YE AR 2016, CREED SCORED WINS
IN ALMOST ALL OF THE CATEGORIES IT WAS NOMINATED FOR INCLUDING BEST
ACTOR AND BEST DIRECTOR STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON WAS TAPPED FOR
BEST PICTURE. CREED STAR MICHAEL B. JORDAN WAS ALSO NAMED
ENTERTAINER OF THE YE AR FOR HIS PERFORMANCE. NAACP IMAGE AWARDS 2017

NAACP IMAGE AWARDS WAS FIRST PRESENTED IN 1967 AND WAS FIRST
NATIONALLY TELEVISED IN 1994. FOUNDED IN 1909, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (NAACP) IS THE NATIONS OLDEST
AND LARGEST NONPARTISAN CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION IN UNITES STATES. THE
NAACPS ADULT AND YOUTH MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND
THE WORLD ARE THE PREMIER ADVOCATES FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES AND MONITOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
SECTORS FOR THIS ORGANIZATION. 2017 NACCP IMAGE AWARDS IN THE FALL OF
2011, THE NAACP(NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT NAACP IMAGE
AWARDS 2017 OF COLORED PEOPLE ) LAUNCHED A PROCESS TO DEVELOP ITS
STRATEGIC DIRECTION AND PLAN, CREATING A POWERFUL VISION FOR THE
FUTURE, AND SETTING ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS THAT WOULD FOCUS ITS WORK
FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. THE SIX NAACP GAME CHANGERS (ECONOMIC
SUSTAINABILITY, EDUCATION, HEALTH, PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE,
VOTING RIGHTS AND POLITICAL REPRESENTATION, AND EXPANDING YOUTH
ENGAGEMENT) ARE THE FOCUS OF THE NAACP S WORK AND IT IS CONTINUOUSLY
RUNNING.

LOS ANGELES, CA (SEPTEMBER 15, 2016) NAACP IMAGE AWARDS COMMITTEE

CHAIR, LEONARD JAMES, III, TODAY ANNOUNCED THE CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
FOR THE 48TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS. THE NAACP IMAGE AWARDS IS
RECOGNIZED AS THE NATIONS PRE-EMINENT MULTI-CULTURAL AWARDS SHOW
FROM AN AFRICAN AMERICAN POINT OF VIEW. THE EVENT CELEBRATES THE
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCES OF PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE
ARTS AS WELL AS THOSE INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS WHO PROMOTE SOCIAL
JUSTICE THROUGH THEIR CRE ATIVE ENDEVORS.
SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 48TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS CAN BE SUBMITTED AT
HTTP://TOPNEWS24LIVE.COM/48THNAACPIMAGEAWARDSLIVESTREAMIN THE
CATEGORIES OF MOTION PICTURE, TELEVISION, RECORDING, AND LITERATURE.
NOMINEES WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 6, 2016, AT 9:00 A.M. (PT) AND THE WINNERS WILL BE DETERMINED BY
THE VOTE OF THE NAACP MEMBERSHIP.

THE ELIGIBILITY PERIOD FOR ALL PROJECTS IS JANUARY 1, 2016 THROUGH

DECEMBER 31, 2016. IN ADDITION, MOTION PICTURE CATEGORY PROJECTS (AND
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS WITHIN IT) MUST HAVE BEEN INITIALLY RELEASED AND
DISTRIBUTED IN THE U.S. WITH A MINIMUM COMMERCIAL THEATRICAL RUN IN LOS
ANGELES OR NEW YORK FOR SEVEN (7) CONSECUTIVE DAYS.

THE NAACP IMAGE AWARDS IS THE MOST RESPECTED EVENT ABOUT DIVERSITY,
RELEVANCE, AND EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS LINKED TO THE PIVOTAL ROLE IT
PLAYS IN OUR COMMUNITY, SAID LEONARD JAMES, III. WE ARE PROUD TO
ANNOUNCE AMC THEATRES AS THIS YEARS SUBMISSIONS SPONSOR. AMCS
INVOLVEMENT PROVIDES NAACP APPOINTED IMAGE AWARDS NOMINATING
COMMITTEE MEMBERS MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO VIEW SUBMITTED FILMS FOR
CONSIDERATION.

ALL ENTRIES ARE EVALUATED AND NARROWED TO THE TOP FIVE IN EACH
CATEGORY BY MEMBERS OF THE NAACP IMAGE AWARDS NOMINATING
COMMITTEES WHICH ARE COMPRISED OF INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY (STUDIO/NETWORK EXECUTIVES, ACTORS, ARTISTS,
MANAGERS, AGENTS, PUBLICISTS, JOURNALISTS, LITERARY AGENTS, AND
OTHERS) AND NAACP BOARD MEMBERS, NAACP FOUNDATION TRUSTEES, STAFF,
AND KEY INTERFACES. THE 48TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS LIVE STREAM WILL BE
NATIONALLY TELECAST LIVE ON TV ONE ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2017, AS A
TWO-HOUR SPECIAL FROM THE PAS ADENA CIVIC AUDITORIUM. THE TELECAST
WILL ALSO INCLUDE A 90-MINUTE PRE-SHOW FROM THE STAR-STUDDED RED
CARPET.