NAACP Image Award – President's Award

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People presents an annual NAACP Image Award. Winners are selected by the NAACP president in recognition of special achievement and distinguished public service. The following are winners for the President's Award:

Year	Winner
1987	Ella Fitzgerald^[1]
1988	Rev. Jesse Jackson^[2]
1989	Jheryl Busby^[3]
1990	Antoinette Stroman & Ryan White^[4]
1996	Kent Amos & Carmen Amos^[5]
1997	Bryant Gumbel^[6]
1998	Alexis Herman^[7]
1999	Lauryn Hill^[8]
2000	Tavis Smiley and Tom Joyner^[9]
2001	Bill Clinton^[10]
2002	Condoleezza Rice^[11]
2003	Venus and Serena Williams^[12]
2004	T. D. Jakes^[13]
2006	Susan L. Taylor^[14]
2007	Soledad O'Brien^[15]
2008	Donald Sterling^[16]
2009	Muhammad Ali^[17]
2010	Van Jones^[18]
2011	Colin Powell^[19]
2012	The Black Stuntmen's Association^[20]
2013	Kerry Washington^[21]
2015	Spike Lee^[22]
2016	John Legend^[23]
2017	Lonnie Bunch^[24]
2018	Danny Glover^[25]
2019	Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter^[26]
2020	Rihanna^[27]
2021	LeBron James^[28]
2022	Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex & Meghan, Duchess of Sussex^[29]
2023	Gabrielle Union & Dwyane Wade^[30]

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