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NAACP Image Award For Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction
This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction. Walter Mosley holds the record for most wins in this category, with three. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple wins and nominations Wins ; 3 wins * Walter Mosley ; 2 wins * Terry McMillan Nominations ; 5 nominations * ReShonda Tate Billingsley ; 4 nominations * Walter Mosley ; 3 nominations * Eric Jerome Dickey * Terry McMillan ; 2 nominations * Pearl Cleage * Nikki Giovanni * Bernice L. McFadden * Victoria Christopher Murray * Kimberla Lawson Roby Kimberla Lawson Roby (born May 3, 1965, in Rockford, Illinois) is an American author and speaker. She is best known for her "Reverend Curtis Black" series, and for her depiction of real-life social issues in a fictional format. It was only after ... * Omar Tyree References {{DEFAULTSORT:Naacp Image Award For Outstanding Literary W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NAACP Image Award
The NAACP Image Awards is an annual awards ceremony presented by the U.S.-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP) to honor outstanding performances in film, television, theatre, music, and literature. Similar to other awards, like the Oscars and the Grammys, the over 40 categories of the Image Awards are voted on by the award organization's members (in this case, NAACP members). Honorary awards (similar to the Academy Honorary Award) have also been included, such as the President's Award, the Chairman's Award, the Entertainer of the Year, and the Hall of Fame Award. History The award ceremony was first organized and presented on August 13, 1967, by activists Maggie Hathaway, Sammy Davis Jr. and Willis Edwards, all three of whom were leaders of the Beverly Hills-Hollywood NAACP branch. While it was first taped for television by NBC (which broadcast the awards from 1987 to 1994 in January, on weeks when ''Saturday Night Live'' wasn't ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
35th NAACP Image Awards
The 35th NAACP Image Awards ceremony, presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), honored the best in film, television, music of 2003 and took place on March 6, 2004 at the Universal Amphitheatre. The following is a listing of nominees, with winners in bold: Winners Film Outstanding Motion Picture *The Fighting Temptations *''Bad Boys II'' *''Bend It Like Beckham'' *''Deliver Us from Eva'' *''Whale Rider'' Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture *Cuba Gooding Jr. - Radio *Samuel L. Jackson- ''S.W.A.T.'' *Will Smith- ''Bad Boys II'' * Denzel Washington- '' Out of Time'' *Laurence Fishburne- '' The Matrix Revolutions'' Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture *Queen Latifah - Bringing Down the House * Halle Berry- ''Gothika'' * Beyoncé- ''The Fighting Temptations'' *Keisha Castle-Hughes- ''Whale Rider'' *Gabrielle Union- ''Deliver Us from Eva'' *Outstanding Supporting Actor: Morgan Freeman - '' Bruce Almighty'' *Outstanding Support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Aunt Hagar's Children
''All Aunt Hagar's Children'' (2006) is a collection of short stories by African-American author Edward P. Jones; it was his first book after winning the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for ''The Known World''. The collection of 14 stories centers on African Americans in Washington D.C. during the 20th century. The stories can be broken down by how the characters suffer burdens from families, society, and themselves.John Allan Harrison"All Aunt Hagar's Children" ''The Quarterly Conversation'' "Each story traces a journey--planned or unplanned, taken or failed--and an obvious root/route symbolism runs throughout the collection." Jones is noted for writing long short stories and these are no exception, they are sometimes called "novelistic", characters are fully fleshed out. The stories of his first and third book are connected. As Neely Tucker says: :"There are 14 stories in "Lost," ordered from the youngest to the oldest character, and there are 14 stories in "Hagar's," also ordered from youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marita Golden
Marita Golden (born April 28, 1950) is an American novelist, nonfiction writer, professor, and co-founder of the Hurston/Wright Foundation, a national organization that serves as a resource center for African-American writers. Background and career Marita Golden was born in Washington, D.C., in 1950 and attended the city's public schools. She received a B.A. degree in American Studies and English from American University and a M.SC. in Journalism from Columbia University. After graduating from Columbia, she worked in publishing and began a career as a freelance writer, writing feature articles for many magazines and newspapers including ''Essence Magazine'', ''The New York Times'', and ''The Washington Post''. Golden's first book, ''Migrations of the Heart'' (1983), was a memoir based on her experiences coming of age during the 1960s and her political activism as well as her marriage to a Nigerian and her life in Nigeria, where she lived for four years. She has taught at many coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl Cleage
Pearl Cleage (December 7, 1948) (pronounced: “cleg”) is an African-American playwright, essayist, novelist, poet and political activist.Spratling, Cassandra. "Pearl Cleage's Storied Life Cover Story." Detroit Free Press, Feb 21, 2010. ProQuest.Sammons, Benjamin. "Flyin' 'Anyplace Else': (Dis)Engaging Traumatic Memory in Three Plays by Pearl Cleage." Drama Criticism, edited by Thomas J. Schoenberg and Lawrence J. Trudeau, vol. 32, Gale, 2009. Gale Literature Resource Center. Originally published in Reading Contemporary African American Drama: Fragments of History, Fragments of Self, edited by Trudier Harris and Jennifer Larson, Peter Lang, 2007, pp. 99-119. She is currently the Playwright in Residence at the Alliance Theatre and at the Just Us Theater Company. Cleage is a political activist. She tackles issues at the crux of racism and sexism, and is known for her feminist views, particularly regarding her identity as an African-American woman.Giles, Freda Scott. “The Motio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octavia E
Octavia may refer to: People * Octavia the Elder (before 66 – after 29 BC), elder half sister of Octavia the Younger and Augustus/Octavian * Octavia the Younger (c.66–11 BC), sister of Augustus, younger half sister of Octavia the Elder and fourth wife of Mark Antony. * Claudia Octavia (AD 39–AD 62), daughter of Claudius and Valeria Messalina and first wife of Nero * Octahvia (fl. 1980s), American vocalist * Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006), African-American science fiction writer * Octavia (early 20th century), the name taken by Mabel Barltrop of the Panacea Society in 1918 * Octavia Spencer (born 1972), actress * Oktawia Kawęcka (born 1985), jazz musician, singer, flutist, composer, producer and actress Culture * ''Octavia'' (play), a tragedy mistakenly attributed to the Roman playwright Seneca the Younger that dramatises Claudia Octavia's death * ''Octavia'' (opera), by Reinhard Keiser * ''Octavia'', a romance by Jilly Cooper ** ''Octavia'' (TV serial), an ITV adaptat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fledgling (Butler Novel)
''Fledgling'' is a science fiction vampire novel by American writer Octavia E. Butler, published in 2005.Charles, Ron. "Love at First Bite." ''The Washington Post''. Washingtonpost.com. 30 Oct. 2005.Gates, Rob"''Fledgling ''by Octavia Butler." Rev. of ''Fledgling'', by Octavia E. Butler. Strange Horizons. 6 March 2006. Plot The novel tells the story of Shori, a 53-year-old member of the Ina species, who appears to be a ten-year-old African-American girl. The Ina are nocturnal, long-lived, and derive sustenance by drinking human blood. Though they are physically superior to humans, both in strength and ability to heal from injury, the Ina depend on humans to survive. Therefore, their relationships are symbiotic, with the Ina's venom providing significant boost to their humans' immune systems and extending their lives up to 200 years. However, withdrawal from this venom will also lead to the human's death. The story opens as Shori awakens with no knowledge of who or where she is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bebe Moore Campbell
Bebe Moore Campbell (February 18, 1950 – November 27, 2006) was an American author, journalist and teacher. Campbell was the author of three ''New York Times'' bestsellers: ''Brothers and Sisters'', ''Singing in the Comeback Choir'', and ''What You Owe Me'', which was also a ''Los Angeles Times'' "Best Book of 2001". Her other works include the novel ''Your Blues Ain't Like Mine'', which was a ''New York Times'' Notable Book of the Year and the winner of the NAACP Image Award for Literature; her memoir, ''Sweet Summer: Growing Up With and Without My Dad''; and her first nonfiction book, ''Successful Women, Angry Men: Backlash in the Two-Career Marriage''. Her essays, articles, and excerpts appear in many anthologies. Early life and education Born Elizabeth Bebe Moore, an only child, and reared in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she graduated from the Philadelphia High School for Girls and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education from the University of Pittsburgh. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zane (author)
Zane (born 1966/1967) is the pseudonym of Kristina Laferne Roberts, author of erotic fiction novels. She is best known for her novel ''Addicted''. Biography Kristina Laferne Roberts grew up in Washington DC and Silver Spring Maryland with her brother Deotis, and her two sisters Charmaine Roberts and Carlita Roberts. Her father J. Deotis Roberts, was an influential theologian and author, and her mother Elizabeth Caldwell Roberts was an elementary school teacher. Roberts attended Spelman College in Atlanta for one year, then moved Howard University to major in chemical engineering. In 1997, Zane began writing erotic stories to pass the time after her children went to bed. She was living in North Carolina and working as a sales representative. The stories developed a following on the Internet and she self-published ''The Sex Chronicles'' before landing a deal with Simon & Schuster. Her work was the basis for the Cinemax program '' Zane's Sex Chronicles''. A subsequent project, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
38th NAACP Image Awards
The 38th NAACP Image Awards ceremony, presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), honored the best in film, television, music of 2006 and took place on March 2, 2007, at the Shrine Auditorium. The show was televised live on Fox at 8 p.m. EST and hosted by LL Cool J. The nominees were announced on January 7, 2007, at a press conference in at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The winners and nominees are shown below. The winners are indicated in bold. List of nominees and winners Television Comedy =Outstanding Comedy Series= *''All of Us'' *''The Bernie Mac Show'' *''Everybody Hates Chris'' *'' Girlfriends'' *''Ugly Betty'' =Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series= *Bernie Mac - ''The Bernie Mac Show'' *Donald Faison – '' Scrubs'' *Duane Martin – ''All of Us'' *George Lopez – ''The George Lopez Show'' *Tyler James Williams – ''Everybody Hates Chris'' =Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series= *America Ferrera � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop T
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is called episcopacy. Organizationally, several Christian denominations utilize ecclesiastical structures that call for the position of bishops, while other denominations have dispensed with this office, seeing it as a symbol of power. Bishops have also exercised political authority. Traditionally, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles or Saint Paul. The bishops are by doctrine understood as those who possess the full priesthood given by Jesus Christ, and therefore may ordain other clergy, including other bishops. A person ordained as a deacon, priest (i.e. presbyter), and then bishop is understood to hold the fullness of the ministerial priesthood, given responsibility by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
37th NAACP Image Awards
The 37th NAACP Image Awards ceremony, presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), honored the best in film, television, music of 2005 and took place on February 26, 2006, at the Shrine Auditorium. The following is a listing of nominees, with winners in bold: Film Outstanding Motion Picture *''Coach Carter'' * ''Crash'' *'' Hitch'' *''Hustle & Flow'' *'' Diary of a Mad Black Woman'' Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture *Laurence Fishburne - '' Assault on Precinct 13'' * Samuel L. Jackson - ''Coach Carter'' *Shemar Moore - '' Diary of a Mad Black Woman'' *Terrence Howard - ''Hustle & Flow'' *Will Smith - '' Hitch'' Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture * Kimberly Elise - '' Diary of a Mad Black Woman'' *Queen Latifah - '' Beauty Shop'' *Rosario Dawson - ''Rent'' *Ziyi Zhang - ''Memoirs of a Geisha'' *Zoe Saldana - ''Guess Who'' Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture *Anthony Anderson - ''Hustle & Flow'' * Chris "Ludacris" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
