The 56th NAACP Image Awards will be telecast live on Saturday, Feb. 22, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on BET and CBS. This year, the broadcast will be extended 30 minutes to 2.5 hours. NAACP will also recognize winners in non–televised categories at the 56th NAACP Image Awards Creative Honors Friday, Feb. 21.
Previous recipients of the Founders Award include Toni Vaz, founder of the NAACP Image Awards, and country music icon Garth Brooks.
Previously announced special award recipients at this year’s NAACP Image Awards are comedian Dave Chappelle (President’s Award) and The Wayans Family (NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame) and former Vice President Kamala Harris (Chairman’s Award).
Ledisi, accompanied by the Adam Blackstone Band, is set to perform on the 2025 NAACP Image Awards, which will air live from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 22, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on BET. The show will simulcast on CBS, BET Her, VH1, MTV, MTV2, Pop, TV Land, Logo, Comedy Central and Smithsonian.
The 56th NAACP Image Awards Red Carpet Live, hosted by Terrence J, Chlöe, Novi Brown and Jessie Woo, will air live at 7 p.m. ET on BET, BET Her and VH1.
Here’s the full list of presenters:
- Aldis Hodge & Edwin Hodge
- Chlöe
- Clifton Davis & Karla Mosley
- Danielle Deadwyler
- David Alan Grier
- Don Cheadle
- Ego Nwodim
- Gabrielle Union
- George Wallace
- Harold Perrineau
- Janelle James
- Jay Ellis
- Jurnee Smollett
- Keke Palmer
- Laverne Cox
- LL Cool J
- Morris Chestnut
- Shannon Sharpe
- Taraji P. Henson
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