Black Excellence Award 2025

Reception - 6:30pm (for Nominees and Their Guest) | Ceremony - 7:30pm

Special Recognitions

• Special Recognition - Excellence in Film - Pemon Rami

• Special Recognition - Excellence in Literature Fiction - Eve L Ewing

• Special Recognition for Excellence as a Music Director, Music, and Jazz Educator - Professor Roxanne Stevenson

Literature

• Excellence in Community Engagement - Underground Bookstore

• Excellence in Community Engagement - Da Book Joint

• Excellence in Community Engagement - Salty Books and Beans

Visual Arts

• Gallery Exhibition - Faie African Art Gallery

• Gallery Exhibition - Gallery Guichard

• Gallery Exhibition - Blanc Gallery

  
  

• Artist - Dayo Laoye

• Artist - Natasha Moustache

• Artist - George Crump

• Artist - Ahmad Lee

  
  

Dance

• Performance - Praize Production

• Performance - Deeply Rooted

• Performance - Red Clay Dance

• Choregrapher - Maiya Redding

• Choregrapher - Nicole Clarke Springer

• Choregrapher - Enneressa LaNette

• Choregrapher - Rsaheida Sa'de

• Choregrapher - Bradlee Lathon

Theater

• Production - Definition Theater

• Production - Black Ensemble Theater

• Production - Black Ensemble Theater

• Production - Theater 47

• Production - MPAACT

• Production - Pegasus Theater

• Director - Jackie Taylor

• Director - Tyrone Phillips

• Director - Carla Stillwell

• Director - Daryl Brooks

• Director - John Ruffin

• Director - Ilesa Duncan

• Actor Male - Ron Connor

• Actor Male - Vincent Jordan

• Actor Male - Tamarus Harvel

• Actor Male - Michael Kenady

  
  

• Actor Female - Rhonda Preston

• Actor Female - Alexandria Crawford

• Actor Female - Tamara Batiest

• Actor Female - Ariya Hawkins

• Actor Female - Caitlin Dobbins

  
  

• Special Recognition - Director - Lili Ann Brown

• Special Recognition - Director - Malika Stampley

• Special Recognition - Director - Ron OJ Parson

• Special Recognition - Director - Shanesia Davis

• Special Recognition - Director - Awoye Timpo

• Special Recognition - Director - Gabrielle Randle-Bent

  
  

• Special Recognition - Actor/Actress - Anji White

• Special Recognition - Actor/Actress - Gregory Fenner

• Special Recognition - Actor/Actress - Namir Smallwood

• Special Recognition - Actor/Actress - Brittney Mack

• Special Recognition - Actor/Actress - Kelvin Roston

• Special Recognition - Actor/Actress - Shanesia Davis

  
  

Music

• Female Vocalist - Lucy Smith

• Female Vocalist - Zemrah

• Male Vocalist - Gregory Gibbs

• Male Vocalist - Theodis Rogers Jazz Trio

• Male Vocalist - Jovan Watson