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
1988 Rev. Jesse Jackson
1989 Jheryl Busby
1990 Antoinette Stroman & Ryan White
1996 Kent Amos & Carmen Amos
1997 Bryant Gumbel
1998 Alexis Herman
1999 Lauryn Hill
2000 Tavis Smiley and Tom Joyner
2001 Bill Clinton
2002 Condoleezza Rice
2003 Venus and Serena Williams
2004 T. D. Jakes
2006 Susan L. Taylor
2007 Soledad O'Brien
2008 Donald Sterling
2009 Muhammad Ali
2010 Van Jones
2011 Colin Powell
2012 The Black Stuntmen's Association
2013 Kerry Washington
2015 Spike Lee
2016 John Legend
2017 Lonnie Bunch
2018 Danny Glover
2019 Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter
2020 Rihanna
2021 LeBron James
2022 Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex & Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
2023 Gabrielle Union & Dwyane Wade
2024 Usher