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The NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization, founded in 1909 to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure social, educational, political, and economic equality for all. Their mission translated into the entertainment space, as Toni Vaz, a pioneering Hollywood stuntwoman, actress, and activist, founded the NAACP Image Awards in 1967 to promote positive representation of Black people in entertainment.

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