The NAACP, having inducted Aretha Franklin into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame in 1997, bestowed its highest social justice honor upon Franklin for her contributions to the civil rights movement throughout the years:
The NAACP, having inducted Aretha Franklin into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame in 1997, bestowed its highest social justice honor upon Franklin for her contributions to the civil rights movement throughout the years: