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This article lists the winners and nominees for the
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in the children's literature category.
1990s
Year
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Book
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Author
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Ref
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1996
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Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales and True Tales by Virginia Hamilton
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Virginia Hamilton
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[1]
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1999
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Let My People Go: Bible Stories Told by a Freeman of Color
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Patricia McKissack
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[2]
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2000s
2010s
Year
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Work
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Author
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Ref
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2011
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My Brother Charlie
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Holly Robinson Peete
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[14]
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Grandma’s Gift
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Eric Velasquez
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Mama Miti: Wangai Maathai and the Tree of Kenya
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Donna Jo Napoli
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Side by Side/Lado a Lado: The Story of Delores Huerta and Cesar Chavez
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Monica Brown
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The Great Migration: Journey to the North
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Eloise Greenfield
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2012
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You Can Be a Friend
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Tony Dungy
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[15]
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Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band
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Kwame Alexander
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Before There Was Mozart
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Lesa Cline-Ransome
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Heart and Soul
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Kadir Nelson
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White Water
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Michael S. Bandy
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2013
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What Color is My World
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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[16]
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Fifty Cents and a Dream
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Jabari Asim
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Harlem's Little Blackbird
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Renee Watson
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In the Land of Milk and Honey
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Joyce Carol Thomas
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Indigo Blume and the Garden City
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Kwame Alexander
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2014
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Nelson Mandela
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Kadir Nelson
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[17]
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I'm A Pretty Little Black Girl!
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Betty K. Bynum
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Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me
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Daniel Beaty
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Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song
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Andrea Davis Pinkney
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You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!
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Jonah Winter
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2015
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Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Happily Ever After
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Rachel Renee Russell, Nikki Russell, and Erin Russell
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[18]
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Beautiful Moon
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Tonya Bolden
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Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
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Katheryn Russell-Brown
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Malcolm Little
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Ilyasah Shabazz
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Searching for Sarah Rector
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Tonya Bolden
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2016
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Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America
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Carole Boston Weatherford
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[19]
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Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts
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Nikki Grimes
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Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box
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Michael S. Bandy
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If You Plant a Seed
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Kadir Nelson
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New Shoes
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Susan Lynn Meyer
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2017
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Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas
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Gwendolyn Hooks
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[20]
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A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of the Snowy Day
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Andrea Davis Pinkney
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Daddy’s Little Girl
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Karissa Culbreath
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Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Javaka Steptoe
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The Golden Girls of Rio
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Nikkolas Smith
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2018
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Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
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Vashti Harrison
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[21]
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Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,
Raymond Obstfeld
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Before She Was Harriet
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Lesa Cline-Ransome (Author), James E. Ransome (Illustrator)
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Take a Picture of Me, James VanDerZee!
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Andrea J. Loney (Author),
Keith Mallett (Illustrator)
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The Youngest Marcher: The Story of
Audrey Faye Hendricks, A Young Civil Rights Activist
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Cynthia Levinson (Author), Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Illustrator)
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2019
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Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
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Margot Lee Shetterly (Author),
Laura Freeman (Illustrator)
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[22]
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Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, A Monumental American Man
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Tonya Bolden
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I Can Be Anything! Don’t Tell Me I Can't
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Diane Dillon
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The 5 O'Clock Band
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Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews (Author),
Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
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The Word Collector
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Peter H. Reynolds
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2020s
Year
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Work
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Author
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Ref
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2020
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Sulwe
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Lupita Nyong'o (Author),
Vashti Harrison (Illustrator)
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[23]
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A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation
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Barry Wittenstein (Author),
Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
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Hair Love
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Matthew A. Cherry (Author), Vashti Harrison (Illustrator)
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Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment
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Parker Curry (Author), Jessica Curry (Author), Brittany Jackson (Illustrator)
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Ruby Finds a Worry
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Tom Percival
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2021
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She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm
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Katheryn Russell-Brown (Author), Eric Velasquez (Illustrator)
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[24]
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I Promise
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LeBron James (Author), Nina Mata (Illustrator)
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Just Like a Mama
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Alice Faye Duncan (Author), Charnelle Pinkney Barlow (Illustrator)
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Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice
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Nikki Grimes (Author),
Laura Freeman (Illustrator)
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The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver
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Gene Barretta (Author), Frank Morrison (Illustrator)
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Multiple wins and nominations
The following individuals received two or more Outstanding Literary Work, Children's Awards:
Wins
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Author
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2
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Carole Boston Weatherford
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2
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Vashti Harrison
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The following individuals received two or more Outstanding Literary Work, Children's nominations:
Nominations
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Author
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4
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Kadir Nelson
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Carole Boston Weatherford
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3
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Nikki Grimes
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Vashti Harrison
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2
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Kwame Alexander
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Maya Angelou
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Michael S. Bandy
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Tonya Bolden
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Alice Faye Duncan
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Tony Dungy
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Whoopi Goldberg
|
Patricia McKissack
|
Andrea Davis Pinkney
|
Lesa Cline-Ransome
|
Doreen Rappaport
|
Katheryn Russell-Brown
|
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References
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"1996 Image Awards".
LA Times. April 8, 1996. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
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"1999 Image Award Winners". Infoplease. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
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"2000 Image Award Winners". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
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"2001 Image Award Winners". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
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"2002 Image Award Winners". Infoplease. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
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"2003 Image Award Winners". Infoplease. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
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"2004 Image Award Winners". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
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"2005 Image Award Winners". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
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"2006 Image Award Winners". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
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"2007 Image Award Winners". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
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"2008 Image Award Winners". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
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"2009 Image Award Winners". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
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"2010 Image Award Winners". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
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"2011 Image Award Winners". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
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^ Allin, Olivia.
"2012 Image Award Winners".
ABC7. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
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^ Couch, Aaron (February 1, 2013).
"2013 Image Award Winners".
The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
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^ Couch, Aaron; Washington, Arlene (February 22, 2014).
"2014 Image Winners".
The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
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^ Washington, Arlene (February 6, 2015).
"2015 Image Winners".
The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
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"2016 Image Winners".
Variety. 6 February 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
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^ Lewis, Hilary; Washington, Arlene (February 10, 2017).
"2017 Image Award Winners".
The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
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"NAACP Image Awards: Full List of Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
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"NAACP Awards: 'Black-ish,' 'Black Panther' Top Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
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"NAACP Image Awards: Lizzo Named Entertainer of the Year; 'Just Mercy,' 'Black-ish' Among Top Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
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^ Bosselman, Haley (March 28, 2021).
"NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List".
Variety. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
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