Some of the Past Best NAACP Image Award Winners

Jennifer Beals-The Source

Jennifer Beals – Outstanding Actress In A Motion Picture

She won this award back in 1983 as the start of rap music and hip hop culture first started. The movie, Flashback, tells the story of a regular girl trying to make a name for herself in the dancing world. Many people questioned why she won the award but little do people know that she is bi-racial. Her father is African American and her mother is Irish American. When this movie came out there was a Alex everywhere around the world and she started the trend of leg warmers.

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