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EBONY Power 100 Court Led by Brandy, Waithe
Kirk Franklin opens and T.I. closes the Nov. 9 gala at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.
EBONY has named the six members of its 2026 Power 100 Court, the special honorees who will accept their awards on stage at the EBONY Power 100 Gala on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, according to an announcement from EBONY.
The Court honorees, as named in the announcement, are GRAMMY-winning singer and actress Brandy; Allen Media Group founder Byron Allen; Seattle Storm WNBA player Flau’jae Johnson; digital influencer and culinary tastemaker Keith Lee; Emmy-winning writer, producer, and actor Lena Waithe; and NASA Astronaut Emeritus Victor Glover.
The Court represents the honorees whose work most fully embodies this year’s theme, “The Stories We Shape,” the announcement says. Each member will be presented with a dedicated tribute and accept the honor in person on the Palladium stage.
“For more than 80 years, EBONY has kept the record of the people moving Black America forward, and the Court is that record at its most vivid. They wrote it themselves, and that is exactly what this year’s Power 100 celebr...