Previous Honorees

Each year we honor extraordinary men and women who over the years sought change and inspire hope for our future generation.

LEGACY AWARD HONOREES

2001 Leo J Mullin, Former CEO Delta Airlines 

2004 Daunte Culpepper, NFL   

2005 Billy Davis and Marilyn McCoo, Grammy Winning Recording Artists   

2006 Cicely Tyson, Actress   

2006 Donald Driver, NFL   

2007 U.S. President William J. Clinton   

2008 Dr. Benjamin Carson, Neurosurgeon 

2008 Lou Gossett, Jr.,Actor   

2010 Dan Rather, Former Anchor, CBS Evening News   

2010 The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, U. S. Congresswoman   

2011 Sheila Johnson, Founder BET TV, Philanthropist   

2012 Kathy Victor, Chairman, IBOAI   

2014 U.S. President George W. Bush   

2015 Herbert Douglas, Jr., Oldest Living African-American Olympic Medalist   

2016 The Honorable Robert C. Scott, U.S. Congressman   

2017 Dr. David Williams, Harvard University   

2019 Kay Coles James, President, The Heritage Foundation

2020 Colin and Alma Powell

2021 Dr. Barry Black, US Senate Chaplain

2022 Lois Peters, Philanthropist and Entrepreneur 

PRESIDENT'S AWARD HONOREES

2002 John Murray, former CEO of PLATO Learning

2004 Willie E. Gary, Attorney

2005 Dr. Dorothy Height, Founder of National Council of Negro Women

2005 George Johnson, Founder and former CEO of Johnson Products

2005 Harris Rosen, CEO of Rosen Hotels

2005 Juan Dixon, NBA Player

2006 The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, Fmr. U.S. Sec. of State

2006 Thomas A. Mesereau, Jr., Attorney

2007 Carl Dalstrom, (ret.) CEO of USA Funds, Inc.

2007 Billy Tauzin, former CEO of PhRMA

2008 Jim Payne, Vice Chairman of AMWAY

2009 Taraji P. Henson, Actress

2010 Angela Bassett, Actress

2010 Judge Joe Brown

2010 Roger Bozarth, Philanthropist /Founder Insurance Advantage

2010 Mary Bryant Tucker, humanitarian

2011 Robert Townsend, Actor and Director

2011 Dr. Delbert Baker, Vice President of General Conference

2012 Lars Houmann, President and CEO of Florida Hospital

2012 Mark Ingram, Jr., NFL Player

2013 The Honorable Alexis Herman, Fmr. U.S. Secretary of Labor

2013 The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings, U.S. Congressman

2014 The Honorable Chaka Fattah, U.S. Congressman

2014 Andrew Bertamini, Regional President, WellsFargo

2014 Britt Worldwide Charities

2015 Dr. Edwin Moses, Olympic Gold Medalist

2015 Jody Victor, President and CEO, MarkerNET, Inc.

2015 Jonathan Mariner, Chief Investment Officer, Major League Baseball

2016 Jaime Casap, Chief Education Evangelist, Google

2017 Dr. France Cordova, National Science Foundation

2018 Cicely Tyson, Academy Award winning actress 

2019 Judge Greg Mathis, youth advocate and TV Celebrity Judge

2020 Terry Forde, CEO Adventist Healthcare

2021 Dwight Douglas, QTS and longtime advisor to US Dream Academy 

2022 Larry Miller, Chairman, Michael Jordan Brand, Nike

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD HONOREES

2010 Dr. Bernice King, CEO of The King Center

2011 Dr. Regina Benjamin, Former U.S. Surgeon General

2012 Hilton Smith, Sr., Vice President, Turner Construction

2013 Wes Moore, Author, Youth Advocate, U.S. Army Veteran

2016 Attorney Jarrett Adams, Attorney and Social Justice Advocate

2017 Wanda Durant, CEO Hope Dream Believe Achieve

2018 David Shapiro, CEO, MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership

2019 Nbada Mandela, Co-Founder of Africa Rising Foundation

2020 Alice Marie Johnson, formerly incarcerated, activist. artist 

2021 Lisa Ross, CEO, Edelman












DREAM BLAZER AWARD HONOREE

2018 Mpumi Nobiva, Leader, Strategist, Entrepreneur, Mentor

2022 Kenny Clark, NFL Player and US Dream National Ambassador

















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