Los Angeles– Tyler Perry’s “For Colored Girls” dominated Friday night’s NAACP Image Awards winning the best picture, director and supporting-actress prizes.
Halle Berry won the outstanding actress prize “Frankie & Alice,” and also shared a heartfelt acceptance speech about achieving her childhood dream.
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“If it were not for the NAACP,” Berry said during her acceptance speech, “a little girl … dared to dream what was impossible, what people said a little black girl could not do” and become an actress.
Read full list of winners and more at BaltimoreSun.com
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