NAACP Image Awards celebrates Black Excellence

The NAACP celebrated Black excellence with the NAACP Image Awards on Friday.

The show, hosted by Steve Harvey, featured Black culture's best in television, music, film, and philanthropy. 

Kerry Washington, Harry Belafonte, and Jamie Foxx were the talk of the night after giving speeches that blew the audience away. 

Kerry Washington won several awards for her roles in 'Django Unchained,' and 'Scandal.'

Washington won the NAACP's President Award for public service. 

During her acceptance speech, she said : 

"Just as we must insure that 'We the People' includes all Americans regardless of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation; we must also work to make sure that the stories we tell, the movies we make, the television we produce, the theatre we stage, the novels we publish are inclusive in all those ways."

Watch her speech (below): 

Later, Harry Belafonte was given the Spingarn Honorary Medal by his friend, Sidney Poitier. 

Belafonte spoke about gun control in the Black community during his speech. 

"The group most devasted by America's obsession with the gun is African Americans," he said. "Where is the raised voice of Black America? Why are we mute?"

Watch his entire speech (below): 

Jamie Fox won the final award of the night, Entertainer of the Year, and concluded by saying : 

"I'm so humbled tonight...I had so many things I wanted to say, but after watching and listening to Harry Belafonte speak, sometimes I feel like a failed a little bit in being caught up in what I do. I guarantee you, I'm gonna work a lot harder."

Watch Jamie's speech (below):

To learn more about the winner, click here.