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NAACP Image Awards: #WinWithBlackWomen’s Jotaka Eaddy, Essence Communications Named Creative Honorees
Jotaka Eaddy, founder & CEO of #WinWithBlackWomen, and Essence Communications will be honored at the 56th NAACP Image Awards Creative Honors ceremony.
Eaddy will receive the Social Justice award, which has been renamed to honor the life and legacy of civil rights activist Mildred Bond Roxborough. Her career began in 1954 as national staff field secretary and she’s worked alongside prominent civil rights and NAACP leaders, including Medgar Evers, Myrlie Evers-Williams, Vernon Jordan, Judge Constance Baker Motley, and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Essence Communications will receive the Vanguard Award for fashion, which “pays tribute to changemakers, who are making an undeniable impact on our culture.” Previous honorees include June Ambrose, Bethann Hardison and Ruth E. Carter.
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