Lizzo, ‘Just Mercy’ win top honors at NAACP Image Awards

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Lizzo was named entertainer of the year and “Just Mercy” won best motion picture, best actor and best supporting actor Saturday at the NAACP Image Awards. | AP

Michael B. Jordan won best actor in a motion picture for his role as a crusading defense attorney in the film, and Jamie Foxx won best supporting actor for the wrongly convicted man he fought for.

Foxx won his fifth career image award for his role in “Just Mercy”, saying, “Thank you so much, black people, African-Americans, and everything else we are.”Lupita Nyong’o won best actress in a film for her role in “Us”, and 15-year Marsai Martin won best supporting actress for her role in “Little” over superstar names including Jennifer Lopez, Janelle Monáe and Octavia Spencer.

“I love being a part of this ever-growing chorus of black women owning our legacies,” Ross said as she accepted the award. “The NAACP has been like a bridge over troubled waters,” Lewis, who is suffering from pancreatic cancer, said in a recorded acceptance speech from Washington. “We’re going to have some more troubled waters, and we’re going to need the NAACP.”

 

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