1988
No Awards Given
1989
Louis Sullivan
1990
No Awards Given
1991
No Awards Given
1992
Cecil L. Murray Augustus M. Witherspoon
1993
Eddie Robinson Edward Brooke Lionel B. Richie, Jr.
1994
Ozell Sutton Dennis Archer M. Alexis Herman
1995
Charles C. Teamer John Hope Franklin
1996
Thomas Pawley, III James R. Williams
1997
Andrew Young Thomas Winston Cole, Sr.
1998
Henry H. Brown Huel D. Perkins
1999
Emmett W. Bashful Frank A. Dee Hobart Sidney Jarrett
2000
Lee P. Brown Milton C. Davis Maynard Jackson Marc H. Morial Henry Ponder
2001
Norman C. Francis Roderick D. Gillum Joe Samuel Ratliff
2002
No Awards Given
2003
Adrian L. Wallace James “Tiny” Blanton William F. Pickard
2004
No Awards Given
2005
Horace Dawson Ernest L. Holloway Robert “Bob” Willis
2007
Alfred Bailey Harry E. Johnson, Sr. Harris Rosen
2008
Sylvester L. Shannon Joseph E. Heyward Soledad O’Brien
2009
Robert Wright James Huger Roger Youman Tommy Hilfiger Calvin Peete Smokey Robinson Mary Wilson Otis Williams Martha Reeves
2010
Jibreel Khazan Wendell T. Foster, Jr.
2011
Darryl R. Matthews, Sr. Jerry Butler Arthur Fleming Chris Womac Dr. Earl W. Stafford Ed Jackson, Jr. Frank Jenkins Frank Russell, Jr. George Reaves Gregory Phillips John H. Carter Joseph S. Ratliff Robert Bob Wingo Tyrone Means Vic Carter George Sealey Roderick D. Gillum Julian Dixon Joe Samuel Ratliff Harold Navy Marian Wright Edelman Caryl Stern R. Guy Vickers Patrick Joseph Kennedy Richard Marshall Steve Gursky Vivian Rogers-Pickard John Conyers, Jr. Constance A. Connie Morella John W. Warner Paul Sarbanes Daniel Paul Amos Earl G. Graves, Sr. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. Lerone Bennett Jr.
2012
No Awards Given
ALPHA AWARD MERIT & HONOR AWARD RECIPIENTS
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