| 1985 |
Mary Carter Smith (MD)
Linda Goss (PA)
Paul Keens-Douglas (Trinidad) |
2002
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Tejumola Ologboni (WI)
Caroliese Frink Reed (PA)
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2021 |
Vanora F Legaux (LA) |
| 1986 |
Dr. William Faulkner (SC)
Dr. Hugh "Brother Blue" Morgan (MA)
Virginia Hamilton (OH) |
2004
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Dr. Daryl Cumber Dance (VA) |
2022 |
Dr Rita Cox
Janice Curtis
Greene (MD)
Howard Henderson
Akbar Imhotep (GA)
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| 1987 |
Frank Smith (KY) |
2005
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Diane Ferlatte (CA)
Onawumi Jean Moss (MA)
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2023 |
Betty Sawyer (UT)
Reverend France Albert Davis UT) Lynette Ford (OH)
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| 1988 |
Doug & Frankie Quimby (SC)
Curtis "Cousin Wash" Hunt (CA) |
2006
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Clora Bryant (CA)
Jeannie & Jimmie Cheatham (CA) |
2024 |
Clifford Bell (WNY)
Eslyn G. Hinmon (MD)
Dr. Barbara Nevergold (WNY) Dr. Peggy Brooks Bertram (WNY) |
| 1989 |
Augusta Baker Alexander (SC) |
2007
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Linda Jenkins Brown (MD)
John O'Neale (LA)
Sonia Sanchez (PA) |
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| 1990 |
Danny Barker (LA) |
2008 |
Sharon Draper (OH)
Dr. John Fleming (OH)
Alice McGill (MD)
Diane Williams (MS) |
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| 1991 |
Janie Hunter (SC)
Jackie Torrence (NC) |
2009 |
Charlotte Blake Alston (PA)
Stanley "Bunjo" Butler (MD)
Sharon Jordan Holley (NY)
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| 1992 |
Oscar Brown, Jr (CA)
Dr. Ruthe Sheffey (MD) |
2010 |
Mitch "Gran' Daddy Junebug (NC) |
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| 1993 |
Mahmoud El-Kati (WI) |
2011
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Fellisco Keeling (MD)
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| 1994 |
Florence Brown-Hall (MI)
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2012 |
Karima Amin (NY)
Deborah Asante (IN)
Dr. Gladys Marie Fry (DC)
Dr. Joanne Martin (MD)
Dylan Pritchett (VA)
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| 1995 |
Catherine C. Blackwell, (MI) |
2013 |
Barbara Eady (OH)
Vusi and Nothando Zulu (MN) |
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| 1996 |
Ella Jenkins (IL) |
2014 |
Haki R. Madhubuti (IL)
Shanta Nurallah (IL)
Jan Spivey Gilchrist (IL) |
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| 1997 |
Leon Bibb (OH) |
2015 |
Willa Brigham (NC)
Howard Dodson, PhD ( DC)
Eloise Greenfield (DC)
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1998
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Ossie & Ruby Davis (NY) |
2016 |
Dr. Molefi Kete Asante (PA)
Dr. Charles L. Blockson (PA)
Dr. Rex Ellis (VA)
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1999
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Eleanora E. Tate (NC)
Dr. John Hope Franklin (NC)
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2017 |
Patricia C. McKissack
Posthumously
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| 2000 |
Dr. David Anderson (NY) |
2018 |
Beverly Fields Burnette (NC)
Mary Curtis (NC) |
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| 2001
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Baba Jamal Koram (VA) |
2019 |
Dr. MaryAnn Harris (OH)
Bryan Stevenson (AL)
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2020 |
Mother Ruth Edmonds Hill
Martha Ruff
Karen “Queen Nur” Abdul-Malik
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