Queen Latifah, Michael Rainey Jr. take early NAACP Image Awards

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Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Queen Latifah took home the first award of the night at Saturday's NAACP Image Awards show held in Pasadena, Calif. The actor/musician won the Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series award for her role in The Equalizer . She wasn't in attendance to accept the award, but the winner of the Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series, Michael Rainey Jr., was. He won for his role in Power Book II: Ghost . He thanked his mother and father in his acceptance speech. Advertisement "I'm just here,