NAACP Image Awards—'The Six Triple Eight,' Keke Palmer win big
What's the story
The 56th NAACP Image Awards concluded on Saturday night (US time) and saw Tyler Perry's The Six Triple Eight win the Outstanding Motion Picture.
The film's lead actor Kerry Washington was also awarded the Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture.
The Netflix production is based on Kevin M Hymelon's book Fighting a Two-Front War and narrates the true story of an all-Black, all-female battalion in WWII.
The ceremony was hosted by Deon Cole.
Palmer's triumph
Keke Palmer named Entertainer of the Year
On Saturday, Keke Palmer was crowned Entertainer of the Year.
In her acceptance speech, she thanked her industry peers, saying, "I've been in this industry for 20 years, nobody has uplifted me more than you all, the people in this room."
This was Palmer's second NAACP award this week as she had earlier bagged Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) for Password.
Other winners
Other important winners at the NAACP Image Awards
Martin Lawrence won Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for Bad Boys: Ride or Die.
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series went to Damon Wayans for Poppa's House, while Quinta Brunson won the award in the female category for Abbott Elementary.
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series was clinched by Michael Rainey Jr. for Power Book II: Ghost and Queen Latifah (The Equalizer) clinched Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series.
Music categories
Winners in music categories
In the music categories, Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album was clinched by Kendrick Lamar for Not Like Us.
Alright and Alter Ego were also in contention in this category.
Wicked won Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album and Outstanding Soul/R&B Song was won by Chris Brown's Residuals.
Honorees
Special honors and tributes at NAACP Image Awards
The awards ceremony also honored former VP Kamala Harris with the Chairman's Award.
Harris said in her speech, "The American story will be written by you, written by us, by we the people."
Dave Chappelle with the President's Award, and inducted The Wayans Family into the NAACP Hall of Fame.
A special segment honored Altadena, a historically Black community impacted by the Eaton wildfires.
Actor Morris Chestnut led a standing ovation for 22 Altadena residents highlighted in this tribute.