Honorees: 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011
| January | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
| February | Oscar Adams |
| March | Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth |
| April | Booker T. Washington |
| May | Joe Louis |
| June | Dr. Ethel H. Hall |
| July | Dr. Billie Jean Young |
| August | Hank Aaron |
| September | Dr. Mae Jemison |
| October | Dr. Regina Benjamin |
| November | Vonetta Flowers |
| December | George Washington Carver |