44th annual NAACP Image Awards slated for Feb. 1

The 44th annual National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Image Awards will be held on February 1 this year.

Re known Comedian-TV talk show host Steve Harvey will be the host of the evening.

The NAACP said Tuesday that presenters will include “Django Unchained” nominees Samuel L. Jackson and Jamie Foxx. Queen Latifah and Tony Goldwyn also will be among the presenters. Dennis Haysbert will be the announcer for the live broadcast.

The NAACP Image Awards honor diversity in the arts. Contenders for the top movie prize are “Flight,” “Django Unchained,” “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” “Red Tails” and “Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds.”