The ceremony will hold at Microsoft Theater on Sunday June 26 and will be hosted by Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross.
BET Global Good: Akon
Born in America to Senegalese parents, Akon developed a love for Senegal and deep desire to help the nation’s youth. In 2007, he launched the Konfidence Foundation, dedicated to providing Senegalese youth with educational resources and access to health services. In 2014, Akon co-founded ‘Akon Lighting Africa’, which currently brings solar-powered electricity to the homes of over 600 million people in more than 11 countries in rural Africa.
He also helped launch the Solar Academy in Bamako, Mali, where engineers will be taught how to develop solar power, and has expanded his impact beyond Africa by teaming up with government officials in several Latin American countries, including Brazil, to bring electricity to needy homes.
The award will be presented by Eva Marcille and Jidenna.
Humanitarian Award: Jesse Williams
During Ferguson crisis, he stood with thousands of protestors to make sure that unarmed teen Mike Brown’s death was not in vain and used every outlet at his disposal to make sure that the message behind the Black Lives Matter movement was heard.
Lifetime Achievement Award: Samuel L. Jackson
To date, the Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee has appeared in well over 100 films and will next be seen in ‘The Legend of Tarzan’ and ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’.
