History of the NAACP Image Awards

NAACP Image Award in 1967 for a service, social justice, and entertainment venues, as determined by votes among NAACP members each year by the color of the remarkable achievements were made in an effort to celebrate. Image Awards honor out of 53 categories of film, television, music, literature, and activism in the range. Each year, the ceremony in Los Angeles takes place in February or March.

Throughout the history of the organization Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) National Association for dedication to the mission of fairness, struggling for recognition, and opportunities for people of color is African-American community with the emphasis on. Part of the struggle was limited to black entertainment is available opportunities in the media against her performance. In 1915, NAACP DW Griffith led the opposition against the national innovative yet controversial film, Birth of a Nation, which takes place after the Civil War and Reconstruction era that a plot that depicts the post-war criticism will, and the country relies heavily on the vehicle of newly freed slaves as savages.

Although not nearly as offensively 1915 as the birth of a nation - - NAACP still roles available to blacks and was dissatisfied with the presentation of the 1939 release of the air, which is also particularly suited to black characters Gone with the black people by failing to present that information to such films. Even when Hattie McDaniel became the first black man an Oscar, Best Supporting Actress for her role as mother, won the wind, gone with the Black Entertainment and NAACP believed there remained ample room for progress.

After the birth of a nation in opposition to the target, a small group of black filmmakers emerged during the years 1915-1949 to the "race movies," which unlike the more commonly portrayed in the media were movies starring black actors in roles entertainment and release. These movies doctors, lawyers, teachers, and the black characters portrayed as romantic figures. From the 1950s, however, limited financial and distribution challenges for the creation of these films caused conflict. With the introduction of television, for the roles of Blacks and Blacks worry about the role turned into an even greater concern.

In 1951, NAACP 1951's Amos and Andy, a new series that were the antics of many black characters were such stereotypical and degrading manners, manufacturers, distributors, sponsors and television series presented black people felt they launched a campaign against focus and not as a sign of progress hit his critics, but the perpetuation of stereotypes as an offensive. Although the show with an all-black cast was the first series in television history - and only about another twenty years to be aired during the primetime - after only two seasons against the show led to the cancellation opposition.

To 1963, NAACP also available for active nationwide Black film and television actor and the Motion Picture Producers Association of the organization's labor secretary and AFL-CIO International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, including the talks between the opportunities to strengthen the campaign started With the support of the Screen Actors Guild and Writers Guild of America.

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