Past NAACP Honorees
1972
Lewis G. Brown
Anna M. Miller
1976
Alan Hunt
Leon Johnson
George Jones
John Wills
1977
Rev. Joseph Carter
Dr. Felder Rouse, Jr.
Androw Webb
1978
None
1979
Jeremiah Heartley
Rev. Johnnie Monroe
William K. Saunders
1980
Catherine Davis
Arleen Johnson
1981
Peggy Charleston
Arthur F. Earley, Esq.
William P. Grayson
William W Grimes
Charles Arthur Powell
Joseph S. West
1982
Sharon D Alexander Howard
John L. Mathis
William Riley
Frank H. Saunders, III
James Louis Sharp
Charles Spain
1983
Frinjela P. Bond
Frank James Brown
Shirley M. Dennis
Eugene E. Johnson
Daniel Arthur Scott
Robert Eugene Wilson, Sr.
Robert C. Wright, Esq.
1984
Rev. William (Rocky) Brown III
Anna Hollingsworth
Charles S. McNear. Jr.
Neil Montella
Jessie B. Powell
Florence F. Wright
1985
Robert Allen
Arthur Bean
Patricia Brown
John Ferguson
Rev. Commodore S. Harris, Jr.
William K. Saunders
1986
Catherine Hawkins Davis
Paul J. Durkin
Arleen D. Johnson Flowers
Ruby J. Frazier
Clifford Wilson, Jr.
1987
Gloria Brown
Marshall Evans, Jr.
Gwendolyn J. Foster
Christopher F. Garbey, Esq.
Justin Hayles
Gene L. Thomas
1988
Velma Clark
Charles E. Francis
John W. Lieheskind, Sr.
Minnie W. Tildon
Kim J. Womack
1989
Henry Brown
Pauline B. Clark
Richard C. James, III
Elton Jolly
Alma Molock
1990
Patricia G. Brant
Robert J. Dee
Lester Harris
Rev. James Harrison
Marie R. Pierce
Shirley Harrison Polk
1991
Genesis I
Theresa Bishop
Isola D. Brown
Mary M. Maquire
Lucille Paden
Valiant Blazers
1992
Earnest Barnes
Caretha Chandler
Dexter L. Davis, Sr.
Willie DeJarnette
Emanuel “Pat” Turner
Edward J. Weiss, Esq.
1993
Myra King Billops
Anna Burrell
Willie James Hatcher, Jr.
Thomas Malbon
Beatrice Speir Marrone
Mother Margaret L. Wortham
1994
Sandra Holman Bacote
Bernice Pitts Hatfield
Darrell V. Jones
John A. Linder
Nicholas P. Nagurny
Clarence C. Thomas, Jr.
1995
Mildred Evans Brooks
Patricia Gaul
Irma J. Jacobs
Rep. Thaddeus Kirkland
Rev. Horace W. Strand, Sr.
1996
Dongkyu Bok
Cora Lee Dixon
Linwood Haith
Rev. Catherine Jacobs
Warren Sells
Joyce Wells
1997
Robert Crawford
Rev. Norman E. Gant
Jack Klotz
Zulene Mayfield
Ralph Moses
Yolanda Wells
1998
Rob Powell
Rev. Alfonso Sherald
Dr. Joseph M. Valloti, MD
1999
District Justice Kenneth N. Miller
Hasan Abdul-Azziz, Nairobi Gifts
Dr. Juan Baughn
Deacon Victor M. Bowes
Walter Gibbs
Hunt Enterprises
2000
Olufemi Balogum
Kanika A. Davis
Mary Edwards
Rev. Samuel Ellis
Michael Mallory, Esq.
Sakina McCarthy
Clifton Smith II
Charlene Thomas
Therest Thomas
Christopher Williams, MD
2001
Dexter Davis, Jr.
Aqueel Dix
Ayesah Fowlkes
Willie Gilmore
Diane Ginn
Jarrelle Hice
Robert Naef
Jamee Nowell
Sarahi Rivera
Lawrence Robinson, Sr.
2002
Charlotte Beverly
Alicia Cooper
Quandil Crews
Sister Patricia Czarnota
Howard Dobson, Jr.
Willa Mae Loper
Clarence Nunn
Stephanie Sargent
Wynton Shelton
Darrell Springfield, Sr.
2003
James Cottrell
Michael Gray
Tia S. Long
Dr. Marvis McCray
Karen Stillis
Joe’s Building and Plumbing
2004
Allen J. Haley, Jr.
Linton Haywood
Latoya Jones
Granville Lash
Melissa Lovett
Nanette L. Melvin-Williams
Michael Robinson
2005
Francis Carey
Ernestine Pharr
Nathanial Nichols
Patricia Steinberg
Arnetta Thomas
Elaine Green-Upton
2006
Delores Freeman
Cynthia Jetter
Reverend James L. Ley
Will Richan
Reverend Bernice Warren
Maria L. Randolph
2007
Hattie O. Bailey
Jim Balk
Education Law Center
Steven Fischer
June Gaines
Kenya Harris
Pastor Curtis D. Morris
Marguerite Watson
2008
Anita Johnson-Amaro
Ralph H. Brown, Jr.
John A. Bullock III
Richard Carter, Sr.
Henrietta D. Shelton
Rev. Bernard S. Taylor, Jr.
2009
Reverend George Anderson
Ms. Carol Goertzel
Cheryl and H. Ronald Hodgins
Yvonne Carrington Payne
Arthur Weisfeld
Dr. Delores Y. Wright
2010
Commodore Harris
Darrell V. Jones
Johnnie Monroe
Dr. Felder Rouse
John Shelton, Sr.
Victor Bowes (post humous)
Bernice Northern
2011
Stacie Hall-Hardy
Jacquie L. Jones
Stacy Landrum
Dawn C. Saunders-Lucas
Rev. J. Ted and Mrs. Alfreda Reed
Charlie L. Warren II
2012
Jan Alexander
Jill Borin
Myrna Russi
Samuel R. Bernard, Sr.
Congressman Robert A. Brady
Jeffery D. Cunningham
2013
Van Buren Payne
Farela Howie
Reverend Joel B. McGee
Josseph Oxman
Nicole D. Cogdell
Janet S. Riley-Ford
2014
Nora Melendez
Imam Haneef Mahdi
Solomon Johnson
Rodrick Powell
Marsha Taylor-Robertson
Karen Taylor-Stillis
Dietra Taylor-Carroll
2015
Rev. Herbert Coe
Rev. Willie Robinson
Chris Pluta
Dr. Tim Martin
Kathryn Flagg
Elizabeth Williams
Bennie Wright
2016
Kristin Ball-Motley
Joan Broadfield
Dr. Joyce Rasin
Enrique Latoison
Desiree Potts
2017
Rosetta Carter
Ernestine Colder
Kent Drake, Sr. and Kent Drake II
Janice Glass
Joseph Kane
Karen Miah
Devon Walls
2018
Rasheedah Carter Myers Lee
Tamika M. Friend
Jacqueline Beatrice Williams
The Enrichment Academy
George B. Dawson, Esquire
Twyla Simpkins
2019
Calvin Bernard
The Honorable Horace Z. Davis
Evangelist Lisa Dennis
Majors Ervin and Anna Mckoy
Barbara Muhammad
Ron Paden
Charles Thompson
Orlando “Jahlil Beats” Tucker