1. NAACP Image Awards

While brilliant black films get shunned at the Oscars, the NAACP Image Awards has always been the place where we celebrate our own. The industry’s most talented actors, directors and musicians of color get their due praise at the NAACP Awards each year, and 2015 will be no different. Join us in honoring this year’s nominees with a look back at their past NAACP Awards red carpet pictures.
2. Beyonce

2009
3. Destiny’s Child

2001
4. Kerry Washington

2014
5. Kerry Washington

2013
6. Kerry Washington

2011
7. Oprah

2014
8. Oprah

2005
9. Taraji P. Henson

2012
10. Taraji P. Henson

2006
11. Mary J. Blige

2007
12. Mary J. Blige

2003
13. Tracee Ellis Ross

2012
14. Tracee Ellis Ross

2007
15. Tracee Ellis Ross

2004
16. Gabrielle Union

2010
17. Gabrielle Union

2004
18. Viola Davis

2012
19. Viola Davis

2011
20. Jill Scott

2012
21. Jill Scott

2010
22. Jada Pinkett-Smith

2007
23. Alicia Keys

2006
24. Gugu Mbatha-Raw

2011
25. Jennifer Hudson

2009
26. Jennifer Hudson

2007
27. Carmen Ejogo

2006
28. Carmen Ejogo

2002
29. Wendy Raquel Robinson

2014
30. Wendy Raquel Robinson

2001