Serena Williams to obtain honor at NAACP Image Awards

LOS ANGELES — Serena Williams can be honored for her tennis achievements, enterprise success and efforts to uplift the group on the NAACP Image Awards this weekend.

The NAACP introduced Thursday that Williams will obtain the Jackie Robinson Sports award in the course of the ceremony, which can air dwell Saturday on BET. The award acknowledges people in sports for prime achievement in athletics together with their pursuit of social justice, civil rights and group involvement.

Previous honorees embody Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Magic Johnson, Wilma Rudolph and the Harlem Globetrotters.

“From her record-breaking wins on the tennis court to her business acumen to her philanthropic endeavors, she has set the bar for athletes everywhere,” mentioned Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP. He mentioned Williams is the “quintessential example of Black excellence.”

Williams is thought to be one of many sports biggest athletes of all time. She holds 23 Grand Slam singles titles. She has received Wimbledon seven occasions as a singles competitor.

Outside of tennis, Williams was as an government producer on the Oscar-nominated movie “King Richard,” a biopic primarily based on her household. She launched her personal enterprise capital agency and trend model that focuses on feminine empowerment. She lately revealed a youngsters’s guide, “The Adventures of Qai Qai,” and teamed with two veterans to launch a cruelty-free topical ache aid and day by day muscle care options designed to reimagine restoration.