It’s been nearly two years since record-breaking NBA star LeBron James became the 28th recipient of the NAACP’s President’s Award at the 52nd annual ceremony. The accolade is given in recognition of extraordinary achievement and distinguished public service. Throughout his career, James has proven to be an inspiration and team player on and off the court.

The successful entrepreneur and philanthropist virtually accepted the award. However, his activism continued even in his speech as he called out voter suppression dispositionally affecting the Black community.

“There’s a lot of voter suppression going on in the Black community where they try to take away our right to vote, take away our right to be heard, and just take away anything we can do to make change,” James said at the time. “For us to come together with some of my fellow athletes and fellow artists, it meant so much to do what we did in the November election, being able to bring things to where we felt like it would be better for our community and better for America.”

Ahead of the 2023 NAACP Image Awards, check out how LeBron gives back to his community.