The Nominees

#blackAF

Netflix

Black-ish

ABC

grown-ish

Freeform

Insecure

HBO

The Last O.G.

TBS

Anthony Anderson

Black-ish

ABC

Cedric The Entertainer

The Neighborhood

CBS

Don Cheadle

Black Monday

Showtime

Idris Elba

In the Long Run

Starz

Tracy Morgan

The Last O.G.

TBS

Issa Rae

Insecure

HBO

Folake Olowofoyeku

Bob Hearts Abishola

CBS

Regina Hall

Black Monday

Showtime

Tracee Ellis Ross

Black-ish

ABC

Yara Shahidi

grown-ish

Freeform

Andre Braugher

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

NBC

Deon Cole

Black-ish

ABC

Jay Ellis

Insecure

HBO

Kenan Thompson

Saturday Night Live

NBC

Laurence Fishburne

Black-ish

ABC

Jenifer Lewis

Black-ish

ABC

Marsai Martin

Black-ish

ABC

Natasha Rothwell

Insecure

HBO

Tichina Arnold

The Neighborhood

CBS

Yvonne Orji

Insecure

HBO

All Rise

CBS

Bridgerton

Netflix

Lovecraft Country

HBO

Power Book II: Ghost

Starz

This Is Us

NBC

Jonathan Majors

Lovecraft Country

HBO

Keith David

Greenleaf

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

Nicco Annan

P-Valley

Starz

Regé-Jean Page

Bridgerton

Netflix

Sterling K. Brown

This Is Us

NBC

Angela Bassett

9-1-1

FOX

Brandee Evans

P-Valley

Starz

Jurnee Smollett

Lovecraft Country

HBO

Simone Missick

All Rise

CBS

Viola Davis

How To Get Away With Murder

ABC

Cliff “Method Man” Smith

Power Book II: Ghost

Starz

Delroy Lindo

The Good Fight

CBS All Access

J. Alphonse Nicholson

P-Valley

Starz

Jeffrey Wright

Westworld

HBO

Michael Kenneth Williams

Lovecraft Country

HBO

Adjoa Andoh

Bridgerton

Netflix

Aunjanue Ellis

Lovecraft Country

HBO

Lynn Whitfield

Greenleaf

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

Mary J. Blige

Power Book II: Ghost

Starz

Susan Kelechi Watson

This Is Us

NBC

Hamilton

Disney+

Little Fires Everywhere

Hulu

Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker

Netflix

Sylvie’s Love

Amazon Studios

The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel

Lifetime

Blair Underwood

Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker

Netflix

Chris Rock

Fargo

FX

Daveed Diggs

Hamilton

Disney+

Leslie Odom, Jr.

Hamilton

Disney+

Nnamdi Asomugha

Sylvie’s Love

Amazon Studios

Aunjanue Ellis

The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel

Lifetime

Kerry Washington

Little Fires Everywhere

Hulu

Michaela Coel

I May Destroy You

HBO

Octavia Spencer

Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker

Netflix

Tessa Thompson

Sylvie’s Love

Amazon Studios

AM Joy: Remembering John Lewis Special

MSNBC

Desus & Mero: The Obama Interview

Showtime

The Color of Covid

CNN

The New York Times Presents “The Killing of Breonna Taylor”

FX

The ReidOut

MSNBC

Red Table Talk

Facebook Watch

Tamron Hall

Syndicated

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Comedy Central

The Oprah Conversation

Apple TV+

The Shop: Uninterrupted

HBO

Celebrity Family Feud

ABC

Iyanla: Fix My Life

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

Shark Tank

ABC

United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell

CNN

Voices of Fire

Netflix

8:46 – Dave Chappelle

Netflix

Black Is King

Disney+

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion

HBO Max

VERZUZ

APPLE MUSIC

Yvonne Orji: Momma I Made It!

HBO

Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices

Netflix

Craig of the Creek

Cartoon Network

Family Reunion

Netflix

Raven’s Home

Disney Channel

We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical

HBO

Alex R. Hibbert

The Chi

Showtime

Lexi Underwood

Little Fires Everywhere

Hulu

Lyric Ross

This Is Us

NBC

Marsai Martin

Black-ish

ABC

Miles Brown

Black-ish

ABC

Don Lemon

CNN Tonight with Don Lemon

CNN

Jada Pinkett Smith

Red Table Talk

Facebook Watch

Joy Reid

The ReidOut

MSNBC

LeBron James

The Shop: Uninterrupted

HBO

Trevor Noah

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Comedy Central

Alfonso Ribeiro

America's Funniest Home Videos

ABC

Iyanla Vanzant

Iyanla: Fix My Life

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

Steve Harvey

Celebrity Family Feud

ABC

W. Kamau Bell

United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell

CNN

RuPaul

RuPaul’s Drag Race

VH1

Chris Rock

Saturday Night Live

NBC

Courtney B. Vance

Lovecraft Country

HBO

Dave Chappelle

Saturday Night Live

NBC

Issa Rae

Saturday Night Live

NBC

Loretta Devine

P-Valley

Starz

Big Mouth

Netflix

Central Park

Apple TV+

Doc McStuffins

Disney Junior

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Netflix

Star Trek: Lower Decks

CBS All Access

Aisha Tyler

Archer

FX

Courtney B. Vance

Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story

PBS

Dawnn Lewis

Star Trek: Lower Decks

CBS All Access

Deon Cole

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts

Netflix

Laya DeLeon Hayes

Doc McStuffins

Disney Junior

#FreeRayshawn

Quibi

CripTales

BBC America

Lazor Wulf

Adult Swim

Mapleworth Murders

Quibi

Sincerely, Camille

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

Giancarlo Esposito

The Broken and the Bad

AMC.com

J.B. Smoove

Mapleworth Murders

Quibi

Jasmine Cephas Jones

#FreeRayshawn

Quibi

Laurence Fishburne

#FreeRayshawn

Quibi

Stephan James

#FreeRayshawn

Quibi

American Masters – Unladylike2020

PBS

Benedict Men

Quibi

Between The Scenes – The Daily Show

Comedy Central

In The Making

PBS’ American Masters and Firelight Media

Inspire Change Series

NFL Network

Katori Hall

P-Valley

Starz

Keith Knight

Woke

Hulu

Ramy Youssef

Ramy

Hulu

Raynelle Swilling

Cherish the Day

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

Teri Schaffer

Cherish the Day

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

Alicia

Alicia Keys

RCA Records

b7

Brandy

Brand Nu/eOne

Bigger Love

John Legend

Columbia Records

Chilombo

Jhené Aiko

Def Jam Recordings

The Wild Card

LEDISI

Listen Back Entertainment/BMG

Chika

High Rises

Warner Records

Doja Cat

Say So

RCA Records/Kemosabe

D Smoke

Black Habits

WoodWorks Records / EMPIRE

Giveon

When It's All Said And Done

Epic Records

Skip Marley

Higher Place

Island Records/ Tuff Gong Records

Big Sean

Detroit 2

Def Jam Recordings/G.O.O.D Music

Black Thought

Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane & Able

Republic Records

Charlie Wilson

All of My Love

P Music Group/BMG

Drake

Laugh Now, Cry Later

Republic Records

John Legend

Bigger Love

Columbia Records

Beyoncé

Black Parade

Columbia Records/ Parkwood

H.E.R.

I Can't Breathe

RCA Records/MBK Entertainment

Jazmine Sullivan

Lost One

RCA Records

Ledisi

Anything For You

Listen Back Entertainment/BMG

Alicia Keys

Alicia

RCA Records

I Can’t Breathe

H.E.R.

RCA Records/MBK Entertainment

Anything For You

Ledisi

Listen Back Entertainment/BMG

Black is King

Beyoncé

Columbia Records/ Parkwood

Brown Skin Girl

Beyoncé feat WizKid, SAINt JHN, Blu Ivy Carter

Columbia Records/ Parkwood

Do It

Chloe x Halle

Columbia Records/ Parkwood

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Music from the Netflix Film)

Branford Marsalis

Milan

Insecure: Music from the HBO Original Series

Various Artists

Atlantic Records

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Various Artists

Atlantic Records

Soul Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste and Tom MacDougall

Walt Disney Records

Chosen Vessel

Marvin Sapp

RCA Inspiration

Gospel According to PJ

PJ Morton

Morton Inspiration / Tyscot Records

I Am

Koryn Hawthorne

RCA Inspiration

Kierra

Kierra Sheard

Karew/RCA Inspiration

The Return

The Clark Sisters

Karew/Motown

All in His Plan

PJ Morton

Morton Inspiration / Tyscot Records

Never Lost

CeCe Winans

Pure Springs Gospel

Something Has To Break

Kierra Sheard featuring Tasha Cobbs-Leonard

Karew/RCA Inspiration

Strong God

Kirk Franklin

Fo Yo Soul/RCA Records

Touch from you

Tamela Mann

TillyMann Inc

I Can’t Breathe

H.E.R.

RCA Records/MBK Entertainment

Anything For You

LEDISI

Listen Back Entertainment/BMG

B.S. feat. H.E.R

Jhené Aiko

Def Jam Recordings

Black Parade

Beyoncé

Columbia Records/ Parkwood

Do It

Chloe x Halle

Columbia Records/ Parkwood

Deep Reverence feat. Nipsey Hussle

Big Sean

Brand Nu/eOne

Savage Remix

Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé

300 Entertainment / 1501 Certified Ent. LLC

Cool Off

Missy Elliott

Atlantic Records

Laugh Now, Cry Later

Drake

Republic Records

Life Is Good

Future & Drake

Epic Records

Alicia Keys feat. Jill Scott

Jill Scott

RCA Records

Chloe x Halle

Wonder What She Thinks Of Me

Columbia Records/ Parkwood

Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Ft. Babyface

He Don't Know Nothin' Bout It

BMG

Kem ft. Toni Braxton

Live Out Your Love

Motown Records

Ledisi and PJ Morton

Anything For You

Listen Back Entertainment/BMG

Alicia Keys feat. Khalid

So Done

RCA Records

Big Sean feat. Nipsey Hussle

Deep Reverence

Def Jam Recordings/G.O.O.D Music

Chloe x Halle

Do It

Columbia Records/ Parkwood

Jhené Aiko feat. H.E.R.

B.S.

Def Jam Recordings

Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé

Savage Remix

300 Entertainment / 1501 Certified Ent. LLC

Be Water

Christian Sands

Mack Avenue Music Group

Music From and Inspired By Soul

Jon Batiste

Walt Disney Records

Omega

Immanuel Wilkins

Blue Note Records

Reciprocity

George Burton

Inner Circle Music

The Iconoclast

Barry Stephenson

Independent

Donny Duke and Wonder

Nathan Mitchell

ENM Music Group

Holy Room – Live at Alte Oper

Somi

Salon Africana

Pulling Off The Covers

Mike Phillips

Sono Recording Group

Stronger

Jeff Bradshaw

Bone Deep Enterprises

The Eddy (From The Netflix Original Series)

The Eddy

Arista Records

Blessed

Buju Banton

Roc Nation Records

Lockdown

Original Koffee

Original Koffee

Pressure (Remix)

Original Koffee ft. Buju Banton

Promise Land Recordings

Tanana

Davido feat. Tiwa Savage

RCA Records/Sony Music U.K./Davido Worldwide Entertainment

Temptation

Tiwa Savage

Motown Records

Donald Lawrence

Producer

Hit-Boy

Producer

Jathan Wilson

Producer

Sean Keys

Producer

TM88

Producer

Black Bottom Saints

Alice Randall

Amistad/HarperCollins Publishers

Lakewood

Megan Giddings

Amistad/HarperCollins Publishers

Riot Baby

Tochi Onyebuchi

TorDotCom Publishing, imprint of Tom Doherty Associates

The Awkward Black Man

Walter Mosley

Grove Atlantic

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

Riverhead Books

A Black Women’s History of the United States

Daina Ramey Berry & Kali Nicole Gross

Beacon Press

A Promised Land

Barack Obama

Crown

Driving While Black

Gretchen Sorin

W. W. Norton & Company

Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America

Michael Eric Dyson

St. Martin's Press

We’re Better Than This

Elijah Cummings

Harper/HarperCollins Publishers

A Knock at Midnight

Brittany Barnett

Penguin Random House

Greyboy: Finding Blackness in a White World

Cole Brown

Skyhorse

Lakewood

Megan Giddings

Amistad/HarperCollins Publishers

The Compton Cowboys

Walter Thompson-Hernandez

William Morrow/HarperCollins Publishers

We’re Better Than This

Elijah Cummings

Harper/HarperCollins Publishers

A Promised Land

Barack Obama

Crown

A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of America’s First All-Black High School Rowing Team

Arshay Cooper

Macmillan

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

Deborah Draper

Simon & Schuster

The Dead Are Arising

Les Payne, Tamara Payne

W. W. Norton & Company

Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL’s First Black Player

Willie O'Ree

Penguin Canada

Do Right by Me: Learning to Raise Black Children in White Space

Valerie Harrison, Kathryn Peach D'Angelo

Temple University Press

Living Lively

Haile Thomas

William Morrow/HarperCollins Publishers

The Black Foster Youth Handbook

Ángela Quijada-Banks

Soulful Liberation

The Woman God Created You to Be: Finding Success Through Faith–Spiritually, Personally, and Professionally

Kimberla Lawson Roby

Lenox Press

Vegetable Kingdom

Bryant Terry

Penguin Random House

Homie

Danez Smith

Graywolf Press

Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry

John Murillo

Four Way Books

Seeing the Body

Rachel Eliza Griffiths

W. W. Norton & Company

The Age of Phillis

Honorée Jeffers

Wesleyan University Press

Un-American

Hafizah Geter

Wesleyan University Press

I Promise

LeBron James, Nina Mata

HarperCollins

Just Like a Mama

Alice Faye Duncan, Charnelle Pinkney Barlow

Simon & Schuster

Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice

Nikki Grimes, Laura Freeman

Simon & Schuster

She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm

Katheryn Russell-Brown, Eric Velasquez

Lee & Low Books

The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver

Gene Barretta, Frank Morrison

HarperCollins

Before the Ever After

Jacqueline Woodson

Penguin Random House

Black Brother, Black Brother

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Hachette Book Group

Dear Justyce

Nic Stone

Crown Books for Young Readers

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning

Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi

Hachette Book Group

This is Your Time

Ruby Bridges

Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Bad Boys For Life

Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Entertainment

Da 5 Bloods

Netflix

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Netflix

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Netflix

One Night In Miami

Amazon Studios

Anthony Mackie

The Banker

Apple

Chadwick Boseman

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Netflix

Delroy Lindo

Da 5 Bloods

Netflix

Forest Whitaker

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Netflix

Will Smith

Bad Boys For Life

Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Entertainment

Issa Rae

The Photograph

Universal Pictures

Janelle Monáe

Antebellum

Lionsgate

Madalen Mills

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Netflix

Tracee Ellis Ross

The High Note

Focus Features

Viola Davis

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Netflix

Aldis Hodge

One Night In Miami...

Amazon Studios

Chadwick Boseman

Da 5 Bloods

Netflix

Clarke Peters

Da 5 Bloods

Netflix

Colman Domingo

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Netflix

Glynn Turman

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Netflix

Anika Noni Rose

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Netflix

Gabourey Sidibe

Antebellum

Lionsgate

Nia Long

The Banker

Apple

Phylicia Rashad

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Netflix

Taylour Paige

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Netflix

Emperor

Briarcliff Entertainment

Farewell Amor

IFC Films

Miss Juneteenth

Vertical Entertainment

The 24th

Vertical Entertainment

The Banker

Apple

Ainu Mosir

ARRAY

His House

Netflix

Night of the Kings

Neon

The Last Tree

ArtMattan Productions

The Life Ahead (La vita davanti a se)

Netflix

Dayo Okeniyi

Emperor

Universal Home Video

Dominique Fishback

Project Power

Netflix

Jahi Di’Allo Winston

Charm City Kings

HBO Max

Jahzir Bruno

The Witches

Warner Bros. Pictures

Madalen Mills

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Netflix

Da 5 Bloods

Netflix

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Netflix

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Netflix

Soul

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

The Banker

Apple

Onward

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Over the Moon

Netflix

Scoob!

Warner Bros. Pictures

Soul

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Trolls World Tour

Universal Pictures

Ahmir-Khalib Thompson aka Questlove

Soul

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Angela Bassett

Soul

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Chris Rock

The Witches

Warner Bros. Pictures

Jamie Foxx

Soul

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Phylicia Rashad

Soul

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Baldwin Beauty

Powderkeg Media

Gets Good Light

Teddy Tracker Entertainment

Home

Teddy Tracker Entertainment (Gets Good Light)

Mr. & Mrs. Ellis

AMB Productions

Black Boy Joy

Film Independent Project Involve

Canvas

Netflix

Cops and Robbers

Netflix

Loop

Pixar Animation Studios

The Power Of Hope

The Power Of Hope

Kalia Love Jones

Windup

Unity Technologies

Loira Limbal

Through the Night

Third Shift Media, Inc.

Melissa Haizlip

Mr. Soul!

Shoes In The Bed Productions

Nadia Hallgren

Becoming

A Higher Ground Productions and Big Mouth Productions Film for Netflix

Radha Blank

The Forty-Year-Old Version

Netflix

Remi Weekes

His House

Netflix

All In: The Fight For Democracy

Amazon Studios

Coded Bias

7th Empire Media

John Lewis: Good Trouble

Magnolia Pictures, Participant

Mr. Soul!

Shoes in the Bed Productions

On the Record

HBO Max

And She Could Be Next (Episode 2)

PBS

Black Love

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

EPIX

The Last Dance

ESPN / Netflix

Unsung

TV One

Issa Rae

Insecure - "Lowkey Feelin' Myself"

HBO

Lee Eisenberg, Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon

Little America - "The Rock"

Apple TV+

Michaela Coel

I May Destroy You - "Ego Death"

HBO

Mindy Kaling, Lang Fisher

Never Have I Ever "Pilot"

Netflix

Rajiv Joseph

Little America - "The Manager"

Apple TV+

Attica Locke

Little Fires Everywhere - "The Spider Web"

Hulu

Erika L. Johnson, Mark Richard

The Good Lord Bird - "A Wicked Plot"

Showtime

Jessica Lamour, Jessie Nelson, Sara Bareilles

Little Voice - "Love Hurts"

Apple TV+

Katori Hall

P-Valley - "Perpetratin' "

Starz

Tanya Barfield

Mrs. America - "Shirley"

FX

Diallo Riddle, Bashir Salahuddin, D. Rodney Carter, Emily Goldwyn, Rob Haze, Zuri Salahuddin, Bennett Webber, Evan Williams, Will Miles

Sherman's Showcase Black History Month Spectacular

IFC

Eugene Ashe

Sylvie's Love

Amazon Studios

Geri Cole

The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special

HBO Max

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Hamilton

Disney+

Sylvia L. Jones, Camille Tucker

The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel

Lifetime

Radha Blank

The Forty-Year-Old Version

Netflix

David E. Talbert

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Netflix

Kemp Powers

One Night in Miami...

Amazon Studios

Lee Isaac Chung

Minari

A24

Pete Docter, Kemp Powers, Mike Jones

Soul

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Mary Mazzio

A Most Beautiful Thing

Peacock

Melissa Haizlip

Mr. Soul!

Maysles Documentary Center

Nile Cone, Deirdre Leake-Butcher, Tracey Uy

The Beat Don't Stop

TV One

Royal Kennedy Rodgers

Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story

PBS

Yoruba Richen, Elia Gasull Balada, Valerie Thomas

The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show

Peacock

Anya Adams

Black-ish - "Hair Day"

ABC

Aurora Guerrero

Little America - "The Jaguar"

Apple TV+

Eric Dean Seaton

Blackish - "Our Wedding Dre"

ABC

Kabir Akhtar

Never Have I Ever - "… started a nuclear war"

Netflix

Sam Miller, Michaela Coel

I May Destroy You - "Ego Death"

HBO

Cheryl Dunye

Lovecraft Country - "Strange Case"

HBO

Hanelle Culpepper

Star Trek: Picard - "Remembrance"

CBS All Access

Misha Green

Lovecraft Country - "Jig-a-Bobo"

HBO

Nzingha Stewart

Little Fires Everywhere - "The Uncanny"

Hulu

Steve McQueen

Small Axe - "Mangrove"

Amazon Studios

Beyoncé Knowles Carter, Emmanuel Adeji, Blitz Bazawule, Kwasi Fordjour

Black Is King

Disney+

Christine Swanson

The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel

Lifetime

Chuck Vinson, Alan Muraoka

The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special

HBO Max

Eugene Ashe

Sylvie’s Love

Amazon Studios

Kamilah Forbes

Between The World And Me

HBO

Radha Blank

The Forty-Year-Old Version

Netflix

David E. Talbert

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Netflix

George C. Wolfe

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Netflix

Gina Prince-Bythewood

The Old Guard

Netflix

Regina King

One Night in Miami

Amazon Studios

Keith McQuirter

By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem

EPIX

Muta’Ali

Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn

HBO

Sam Pollard, Maro Chermayeff

Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children - Ep. 1 & 2

HBO

Simcha Jacobovici

Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

EPIX

Yoruba Richen

The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show

Peacock