The 51st Annual NAACP Image Awards Dinner

Check out the nominees at the pre-awards dinner.

"Black-ish" stars Deon Cole, Marsai Martin and Miles Brown. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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"Black-ish" stars Deon Cole, Marsai Martin and Miles Brown. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

Actors Giancarlo Esposito and Forest Whitaker. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Actors Giancarlo Esposito and Forest Whitaker. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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"Red Table Talk" co-host Adrienne Banfield-Jones. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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"Red Table Talk" co-host Adrienne Banfield-Jones. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Actresses Shahadi Wright Joseph, Marsai Martin and Lyric Ross. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Actresses Shahadi Wright Joseph, Marsai Martin and Lyric Ross. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

Tamera Mowry-Housley, Amanda Seales and fellow "The Real" co-hosts. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Tamera Mowry-Housley, Amanda Seales and fellow "The Real" co-hosts. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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"Grown-ish" actress Chloe Bailey. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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"Grown-ish" actress Chloe Bailey. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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"The Talk" co-host Sheryl Underwood. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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"The Talk" co-host Sheryl Underwood. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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"Black-ish" actress Marsai Martin. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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"Black-ish" actress Marsai Martin. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Actors Lyric Ross and Asante Blackk. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Actors Lyric Ross and Asante Blackk. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Actresses Deborah Joy Winans, Lynn Whitfield and Merle Dandridge. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Actresses Deborah Joy Winans, Lynn Whitfield and Merle Dandridge. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Singer and author Erica Campbell. -  (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Singer and author Erica Campbell. -  (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Journalist and author Elaine Welteroth. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Journalist and author Elaine Welteroth. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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 Actress Yvette Nicole Brown. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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 Actress Yvette Nicole Brown. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Actor Harold Perrineau. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Actor Harold Perrineau. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Actress Niecy Nash. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Actress Niecy Nash. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Actress Tina Lifford. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Actress Tina Lifford. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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"Queen Sugar" stars Bianca Lawson and Dawn-Lyen Gardner. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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"Queen Sugar" stars Bianca Lawson and Dawn-Lyen Gardner. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Carol Hagen with husband and "NBC Nightly News" anchor Lester Holt. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Carol Hagen with husband and "NBC Nightly News" anchor Lester Holt. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Former Tuskegee Airmen fighter pilot Charles E. McGee. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Former Tuskegee Airmen fighter pilot Charles E. McGee. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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NAACP president Derrick Johnson and guests. -  (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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NAACP president Derrick Johnson and guests. -  (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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NAACP ACT-SO student and singer Consuela Watts. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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NAACP ACT-SO student and singer Consuela Watts. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Actress Niecy Nash. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Actress Niecy Nash. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Actor Jharrel Jerome. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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Actor Jharrel Jerome. - (Photo: Gip III/Courtesy of the NAACP)

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