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:
YearWinnerRef
1987Ella Fitzgerald
1988Rev. Jesse Jackson
1989Jheryl Busby
1990Antoinette Stroman & Ryan White
1996Kent Amos & Carmen Amos
1997Bryant Gumbel
1998Alexis Herman
1999Lauryn Hill
2000Tavis Smiley and Tom Joyner
2001Bill Clinton
2002Condoleezza Rice
2003Venus and Serena Williams
2004T. D. Jakes
2006Susan L. Taylor
2007Soledad O'Brien
2008Ruby Dee
2009Muhammad Ali
2010Van Jones
2011Colin Powell
2012The Black Stuntmen's Association
2013Kerry Washington
2014Spike Lee-
2015Spike Lee
2016John Legend
2017Lonnie Bunch
2018Danny Glover
2020Rihanna