Past winners
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Year
Category
Series
Winners
2026
Outstanding
Supporting Actress in a Limited Television (Series, Special, or Movie)
Teyana Taylor
Straw
2026
Outstanding
Jazz Album
We Insist! 2025
Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell
2025
Outstanding
Writing In a Comedy Series
Crystal Jenkins
Crystal Jenkins
No Good Deed – Letters of Intent
2025
Outstanding
Animated Series
Gracie’s Corner
Gracie’s Corner
2026
Outstanding
Literary Work – Instructional
Who Better Than You?
Will Packer
2026
Outstanding
Podcast - News and Information
The Don Lemon Show
2024
Outstanding
Motion Picture
The Color Purple
The Color Purple
2024
Outstanding
Actor in a Comedy Series
Mike Epps
Mike Epps
The Upshaws
2024
Outstanding
Biography/Autobiography
Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement
Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement
Dr. Tanisha C. Ford
2026
Outstanding
Gospel/Christian Album
Tasha
Tasha Cobbs Leonard
2024
Outstanding
Gospel/Christian Album
Father’s Day
Father’s Day
Kirk Franklin
2024
Outstanding
Animated Motion Picture
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2026
Outstanding
Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) Individual or Ensemble
Don Lemon
The Don Lemon Show
2026
Outstanding
Breakthrough Creative (Television)
Chinaka Hodge
Ironheart
2026
Outstanding
Digital Content Creator - Political/Culture
Lynae Vanee
2026
Outstanding
Directing In a Comedy Series
Tyler James Williams
Abbott Elementary – “The Science Fair”
2026
Outstanding
Actor in a Comedy Series
Cedric The Entertainer
The Neighborhood
2026
Outstanding
Literary Work – Journalism
On Borrowed Time
Anissa Durham
2026
Outstanding
Reality Program/Reality Competition Series/Game Show
Celebrity Family Feud
2024
Outstanding
Female Artist
H.E.R.
H.E.R.
2025
Outstanding
Drama Series
Cross
Cross
2024
Outstanding
Children's Program
Gracie’s Corner
Gracie’s Corner
2025
Outstanding
Directing In a Drama Series
Rapman
Rapman
Supacell – ‘Supacell’
2026
Outstanding
Writing in a Television Movie or Special
Aireka Muse
Friends & Lovers
2024
Outstanding
Short Form (Animated)
Lil’ Ruby
Lil’ Ruby
2024
Outstanding
News/Information (Series or Special)
20/20 – Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water
20/20 – Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water
A Conversation with Robin Roberts
2025
Outstanding
Youth/Teens
Brushed Between Cultures: A YA Coming of Age Novel Set in Brooklyn, New York
Brushed Between Cultures: A YA Coming of Age Novel Set in Brooklyn, New York
Samarra St. Hilaire
2025
Outstanding
Non-Fiction
Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest
Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest
Fawn Weaver
2026
Outstanding
Performance by a Youth in a Motion Picture
Naya Desir-Johnson
Sarah’s Oil
2024
Outstanding
Writing In a Motion Picture
Cord Jefferson
Cord Jefferson
American Fiction
