Past winners
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Year
Category
Series
Winners
2026
Outstanding
Variety (Series or Special)
Ali Siddiq: My Two Sons
2024
Outstanding
Limited Series/Short Form
Wakanda Forever: The Official Black Panther Podcast
Wakanda Forever: The Official Black Panther Podcast
2024
Outstanding
Hip-Hop/Rap Song
Cobra
Cobra
Megan Thee Stallion
2024
Outstanding
Writing In a Drama Series
Carla Banks-Waddles
Carla Banks-Waddles
Bel-Air
2024
Outstanding
Actress in a Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special
Chlöe Bailey
Chlöe Bailey
Praise This
2026
Outstanding
Independent Motion Picture
Love, Brooklyn
2026
Outstanding
Literary Work – Biography/ Autobiography
The Look
Michelle Obama
2024
Outstanding
Reality Program, Reality Competition or Game Show (Series)
Wild ‘N Out
Wild ‘N Out
2026
Outstanding
Directing In a Documentary Television or Film
Reginald Hudlin, Shola Lynch
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
Outstanding
Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television, Movie or Limited-Series)
Percy Jackson and the Olympics
Percy Jackson and the Olympics
2025
Outstanding
Biography/Autobiography
Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America
Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America
Joy-Ann Reid
2026
Outstanding
Reality Program/Reality Competition Series/Game Show
Celebrity Family Feud
2024
Outstanding
Actress in a Motion Picture
Fantasia Barrino
Fantasia Barrino
The Color Purple
2025
Outstanding
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Lynn Whitfield
Lynn Whitfield
The Chi
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
2024
Outstanding
Actress in a Comedy Series
Quinta Brunson
Quinta Brunson
Abbott Elementary
2026
Outstanding
Writing In a Comedy Series
Aisha Muharrar
Hacks – “Clickable Face”
2025
Outstanding
Variety Show (Series or Special)
Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was
Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was
2024
Outstanding
Debut Author
Rootless
Rootless
Krystle Zara Appiah
2026
Outstanding
Editing in a Motion Picture or Television Series, Movie, or Special
Deanna Nowell
Ironheart
2026
Outstanding
Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble
Steve Harvey
Celebrity Family Feud
2026
Outstanding
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Janelle James
Abbott Elementary
2024
Outstanding
Directing In a Documentary Television or Motion Picture
Allen Hughes
Allen Hughes
Dear Mama
2024
Outstanding
Writing in a Television Movie or Special
Dwayne Johnson-Cochran
Dwayne Johnson-Cochran
Heist 88
2025
Outstanding
Actor in a Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special
Aaron Pierre
Aaron Pierre
Rebel Ridge
2026
Outstanding
Directing In a Drama Series
Mario Van Peebles
Power Book III: Raising Kanan – “Allow Me to Re-Introduce Myself”
2026
Outstanding
Literary Work – Children
Yvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark
Allen R. Wells; Illustrated by DeAndra Hodge
2026
Outstanding
Podcast - Lifestyle/Self-Help
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
2026
Outstanding
Soundtrack/Compilation Album
Sinners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2024
Outstanding
Supporting Actor in a Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special
Don Cheadle
Don Cheadle
Secret Invasion
