NAACP Image Awards to be held with live audience in February
Associated Press
Updated: November 18, 2021 at 3:23 PM
FILE - Anthony Anderson hosts the 50th annual NAACP Image Awards on March 30, 2019 in Los Angeles. Next year's NAACP Image Awards will be held in-person Feb. 26 in Los Angeles with a live audience. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File) (Chris Pizzello, Invision)
LOS ANGELES – The 53rd NAACP Image Awards will be held in-person Feb. 26 in Los Angeles with a live audience, the group announced Thursday.
The ceremony starts at 8 p.m. Eastern and will be broadcast live on BET.
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