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LOS ANGELES
Top box-office leading man
Will Smith and sports legend
Michael Jordan received hon
ors at the recent 30th NAACP
Image Awards, announced
NAACP President/CEO
Kweisi Mfume.
Will Smith, who currently
stars in the action thriller
Enemy of the State, received
the Entertainer of the Year
award. Michael Jordan of the
Chicago Bulls was honored
with the Jackie Robinson
Sports Award.
Image Awards chairman
Charles Whitehead also an
nounced this year’s Image
Awards Hall of Fame induct
ees, legendary blues guitarist
8.8. King and renowned op
era soloist Kathleen Battle.
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(Fox’s The World’s Funniest,
FOX NFL Sunday), Def Jam
recording artist Montell Jor
dan (This is How We Do It,
More) and actress Tamala
Jones (WB'’s For Your Love,
Veronica’s Closet).
This year, more than 1,200
entries were submitted to be
considered for nomination.
From these entries, a special
committee of 300 industry pro
fessionals and NAACP lead
ers from across the country
selected nominees in each of
the 41 categories.
The theme of this year’s
Image Awards was “30 Years
of Celebrating — 90 Years of
Courage,” inrecognition of the
national civil rights
organization’s 90th anniver
sary. The first NAACP Image
Awards were presented in
1962, and over the past three
decades the event has grown
from a small gathering of Afri
can Americans working in
Hollywood to a nationally tele
vised prime time event. In
previous years, the NAACP
Image Awards has honored
such entertainment luminar
ies as Ella Fitzgerald, Denzel
See IMAGE AWARDS, 11C