List of awards honoring African Americans
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This is a list of awards dedicated to honoring or recognizing African Americans.
- BCALA Literary Awards (Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Awards). Annual literary award from the American Library AssociationAmerican Library AssociationThe American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
, Black Caucus, which honors "outstanding works of fiction and nonfiction for adult audiences by African American authors" - Coretta Scott King AwardCoretta Scott King AwardThe Coretta Scott King Award is an annual award presented by the Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table, part of the American Library Association...
http://www.ala.org/ala/emiert/corettascottkingbookaward/corettascott.htm (annual literary award from the American Library AssociationAmerican Library AssociationThe American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
given to African AmericanAfrican AmericanAfrican Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
authors and illustrators) - NAACP Image Awards (given by the NAACP annually to people of color)
- Spingarn MedalSpingarn MedalThe Spingarn Medal is awarded annually by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for outstanding achievement by an African American....
- Golden Eagle AwardGolden Eagle AwardThe Golden Eagle Award is an accolade by the Russian National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, directors, actors, and writers...
, Afro-American in the Arts - Candace Award, National Coalition of 100 Black Women
- Shelia Award (alt. spelling "Sheila Award"), Harriet TubmanHarriet TubmanHarriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Harriet Ross; (1820 – 1913) was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the American Civil War. After escaping from slavery, into which she was born, she made thirteen missions to rescue more than 70 slaves...
African American Museum - Langston Hughes MedalLangston Hughes MedalThe Langston Hughes Medal is awarded annually to recognize an influential and engaging African American writer. Established by the late Raymond Patterson, Professor Emeritus of English at the City College of New York, the medal honors Langston Hughes' life-long commitment to social change through...
- The BET HonorsThe BET HonorsThe BET Honors were established in 2008 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate the lives and achievements of African American luminaries...
, which celebrates the lives and achievements of African American luminaries. - Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific OlympicsAfro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific OlympicsThe Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics is a youth program of the NAACP that is “designed to recruit, stimulate, improve and encourage high academic and cultural achievement among African American high school students.” The year-long program recognizes and awards young...
- NAACP Theatre AwardsNAACP Theatre AwardsThe NAACP Theatre Awards is an award presented annually by the Beverly Hills-Hollywood branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding people of color in theatre....
- William E. Harmon Foundation award for distinguished achievement among NegroesWilliam E. Harmon Foundation award for distinguished achievement among NegroesThe William E. Harmon Foundation award for Distinguished Achievement among Negroes commonly referred to as the "Harmon award" or "Harmon foundation award", was a philanthropic and cultural award created in 1926 by William E. Harmon and administered by the Harmon Foundation...