|
1983 |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr.
Pastor, Emeritus
Ebenezer Baptist Church |
|
1984 |
The Honorable Andrew J. Young
Mayor
City of Atlanta |
|
1985 |
BellSouth
Mr. John L. Clendenin
Chief Executive Officer
H.J. Russell and Company
Mr. Herman J. Russell
President |
|
1986 |
Mr. Donald R. Keough
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Coca-Cola Company
Mr. Ryoichi Sasakawa
Japan Shipbuilding Industry Foundation
Chairman |
|
1987 |
Mr. Earl G. Graves
Black Enterprise Magazine
Editor and Publisher
Mr. Peter Stroh
The Stroh Brewery Company
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
|
1988 |
Mr. John H. Johnson
Johnson Publishing Company
Publisher, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Mr. David C. Garrett, Jr.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
|
1989 |
The Honorable Samuel Riley Pierce, Jr.
Secretary
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Tyler, Cooper & Alcorn
Mr. John H. Filer, Partner |
|
1990 |
The Honorable George T.
"Mickey" Leland (Posthumously)
Congressman, 18th Congressional District, Texas
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Mr. Edward A. Brennan
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
|
1991 |
Mrs. Joan B. Krock
Honorary Chairperson
The Ronald McDonald
Children's Charities
Mr. Christopher Edley
President and Chief Executive Officer
United Negro College Fund
Special honors were delivered to Mr. William Payne and The Honorable Andrew J. Young for their efforts to bring the Olympics to Atlanta |
|
1992 |
Mrs. Marian Wright Edelman
President
The Children's Defense Fund
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Mr. R. E. "Ted" Turner
Chairman |
|
1993 |
Father Frank Carr
Founder
INROADS, Inc.
The Portman Companies
Mr. John Portman
Chairman |
|
1994 |
Dr. Dorothy I. Height
President
National Council of Negro Women
Sara Lee Corporation
Mr. John H. Bryan
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
|
1995 |
The Procter & Gamble Company
Mr. Edwin L. Artzt
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mrs. Myrlie Evers Williams
President
Evers and Associates |
|
1996 |
Mr. Lerone Bennett
Executive Editor, Ebony Magazine
Johnson Publishing Company
Nations Bank
Mr. Hugh McColl
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
|
1997
|
The Southern Company
Mr. William Dalhlberg
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
The Honorable Ronald H. Brown
United State Secretary of Commerce |
|
1998 |
Dr. Maya Angelou
Poet, Historian, Educator and Civil Rights
Activist
United Parcel Service
Mr. Kenneth O. Nelson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Special Tribute to the life of Dr. Betty Shabazz (Posthumously) |
|
1999 |
Mr. Ossie Davis and Ms. Ruby Dee
Actors and Civil Rights Activist
Georgia Pacific Corporation
Mr. A.D. Correll
Chairman & CEO
Special award to Dr. C. Delores Tucker
National Chair, National Political Congress of Black Women, Inc. |
|
2000 |
Ms. Oprah Winfrey
Chairman
HARPO Entertainment Group
The Coca-Cola Company
Mr. M. Douglas Ivester
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
|
2001 |
Mr. Stevie Wonder
Artist, Entertainer and Activist
AOL Time Warner
Mr. Gerald M. Levin
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
|
2002 |
Fannie Mae
Mr. Franklin Raines
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Tony Bennett
Entertainer, Musical Artist, Activist |
|
2003 |
Mr. Henry "Hank" Aaron & Mrs. Billye Aaron
The Ford Company
Mr. Henry Ford, III (Posthumously) |
| 2004 |
Bono
Lead Singer, U2 Entertainer, Activist & Humanitarian
Target Corporation and Target Stores Robert J. Ulrich
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
