Author

• 2015 Honoree

Herman Hodge Long

• 2015 Honoree

Zora Neale Hurston

• 2014 Honoree

Amelia Boynton Robinson

• 2014 Honoree

Ralph David Abernathy

• 2014 Honoree

Thom Gossom, Jr.

• 2013 Honoree

Sonia Sanchez

• 2013 Honoree

William Hooper Councill

• 2013 Honoree

Jesse Lewis Sr.

• 2012 Honoree

Jesse Owens

• 2012 Honoree

Marva Collins

• 2011 Honoree

Dr. Billie Jean Young

• 2011 Honoree

Booker T. Washington