52nd NAACP Image Awards

March 22–26, 2021 The 52nd NAACP Image Awards, presented by the NAACP, honored outstanding representations and achievements of people of color in motion pictures, television, music, and literature during the 2020 calendar year.

[1] The ceremony was hosted for the eighth time by actor Anthony Anderson.

Presentations of untelevised categories were livestreamed between March 22–26, 2021 on the ceremony's website.

[3] During the ceremony, the Hall of Fame Award was given to Eddie Murphy for "his contributions to the African-American film industry",[4] LeBron James was awarded with the President's Award for "his contributions in the fight for social justice",[5] and Rev.

D. James Lawson was awarded with the Chairman's Award "to recognize his work as a social change advocate and his significant contributions to the civil rights movement, specifically the essential role in the south's nonviolent protests in the 1960s".

Eddie Murphy is the 37th person to be included in the NAACP Hall of Fame Award , the first since 2009.
LeBron James was honored with the President's Award .
Stephen Curry is the 9th person to be honored with the NAACP Jackie Robinson Sports Award .