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19th Annual Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP Theatre Awards

Sentinel News ServiceAugust 27, 2009

19th Annual Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP Theatre Awards   The19th Annual Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP Theatre Awards held on August 31, 2009 at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles, California with hosts NAACP Award-Winner Loretta Devine and Terry Crews.    Tickets can be purchased at the NAACP Beverly Hills/Hollywood office at 1680 N. Vine Street, Hollywood CA 90028 or via phone at (323) 464-7616 for Platinum ($250), Gold ($150), and Bronze ($75) tickets. Contact: Laura Wright (510) 786-6075 <[email protected]> or Kristine Farnal (310) 358-9232 <[email protected]>

Students Invited to Participate in NAACP ACT-SO Competition  
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Students Invited to Participate in NAACP ACT-SO Competition  

Cora Jackson-Fossett, Managing Editor March 16, 2023

High school students are invited to register for the NAACP ACT-SO Competition. The hybrid event, hosted by the Beverly Hill-Hollywood Branch, is free for young people and local medalists can attend the National competition in Boston. 

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NAACP Image Awards Nominations Announced ‘12 Years a Slave’ and ‘Scandal’ up for top honors in film and television

Princess ManassehJanuary 23, 2014

CELEBRITY HOSTS: both fan favorite television stars and silver screen stars came out to announce the 45th NAACP Image Award Nominees (L-R Keke Palmer, Gina Torres, Joe Morton, Bresha Webb, David Oyelowo) Photo Craig Mathew    Nominees for the 45th annual NAACP Image Awards were announced Thursday, January 9 at a live press conference in Pasadena CA.  Celebrity hosts David Oyelowo (The Butler), Joe Morton (Scandal), Keke Palmer (CrazySexyCool), Bresha Webb (Love That Girl) and Gina Torres (Suits) announced the nominees for all 35 categories spanning film, television, music and literature.  At the posh Langham Hotel in Pasadena, the winter Television Critics

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Welcome to L.A., NAACP!

Yussuf J. Simmonds (Managing Editor)July 21, 2011

Benjamin T. Jealous, national president and CEO Roslyn Brock, national chairwoman Alice Huffman, California state president Leon Jenkins, L.A. branch president  Willis Edwards  Bishop Charles Blake Rev. Melvin Wade Bishop T. Larry Kirkland As the nation’s oldest civil rights institution, the NAACP has been a major force in the nation’s courts for civil rights for over 100 years, and continues up to today By Yussuf J. SimmondsSentinel Managing Editor For over one hundred years, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization, has been leading the fight primarily in the

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‘Ray Charles Live!’ Big Winner at NAACP Theatre Awards

Brian W. Carter (Staff Writer)July 10, 2008

“The Color Purple”also wins three awards The 18th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards brought out the best and brightest of the Black entertainment community on June 30 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood and standing tall at the end was the Pasadena Playhouse-produced “Ray Charles Live! A New Musical.” The musical won four awards: best ensemble cast for an Equity production, music director (Rahn Coleman), sound (Carl Casella) and playwright (Suzan Lori-Parks). Taking home three awards was “The Color Purple,” which was performed at the Ahmanson Theatre. The musical version of Alice Walker’s book and its subsequent film won for lead