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The Phoenix Awards are conferred by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. This annual event recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to society while uplifting and empowering the global Black community.[1] The Phoenix awards are the apex of the Annual Legislative Conference. It is also the primary fundraising event for the CBCF.[2] They are streamed on BET and BET Her.
Awards
[edit]Specific awards given out as a part of the Phoenix Awards include:
- ALC Co-Chair’s Award (ALC Co-Chair's Phoenix Award): "exemplifies corporate leadership and social responsibility on a national level"[3]
- Barbara Jordan Award
- CBC Chair’s Award (Congressional Black Caucus Chair's Phoenix Award): "presented each year to an individual who exhibits the highest standards of dedication, ability and creativity"[3]
- CBC Co-Chair’s Award (Congressional Black Caucus Co-Chair’s Phoenix Award)
- CBC Body Award
- CBCF Chair's Award: "honors an individual whose work and accomplishments stand as a role model for the African-American community"[3]
- Congressional Black Caucus Founder’s Award
- John Lewis Legacy Award
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Trailblazer Award: "recognizes a leader who is the first, in his or her chosen field, to make a global or national groundbreaking achievement and whose vision, perseverance and lifework has created opportunities for African Americans and minorities."[4]
- Millennium Award: only given out in 2000 [5]
- CBC Member's Awards:
- George Collins Award: "presented to an individual whose community service exemplifies the dedication and work style of the late congressman George W. Collins."[6][7]
- William L. Dawson Award: "presented... to an individual who has made significant research, organizational, and leadership contributions in the development of legislation that addresses the needs of minorities in the United States"[8][7]
- Charles C. Diggs Award for foreign affairs[5]
- George Thomas “Mickey” Leland Award (Humanitarian Award): "presented to a person displaying exceptional compassion and great commitment to championing the causes of the poor, underprivileged and the oppressed."[9][10]
- Ralph Metcalf Award for Health: "presented to an individual or group that has excelled in providing extraordinary contributions to improve the health and wellbeing of African Americans"[3]
- Adam Clayton Powell Award: "for outstanding contributions to the political awareness and empowerment of African Americans"[11]
- Harold Washington Award (Harold Washington Phoenix Award): "presented to an individual who has contributed immeasurably to African American political awareness, empowerment and the advancement of minorities in the electoral process."[11]
- Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Culture Icon Award[12]
Winners
[edit]Year | Awardee | Award | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
1972 | A. Philip Randolph | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [13] |
1973 | Clarence Mitchell Jr. | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [14] |
1973 | E. Z. Jackson | George Collins Award | [14] |
1974 | Dorothy Height | William L. Dawson Award | [5] |
1975 | George L. Brown (politician) | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [5] |
1975 | Kenneth Clark (doll test) | William L. Dawson Award | [5] |
1975 | Mound Bayou Community Hospital | George Collins Award | [5] |
1977 | Richard G. Hatcher | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [5] |
1977 | Leon Sullivan | William L. Dawson Award | [5] |
1978 | Andrew Young | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [5] |
1978 | Augustus Hawkins | William L. Dawson Award | [5] |
1978 | Bishop Elisha P. Murchinson, Sr.; Dr. Joseph H. Jackson; Bishop Charles Golden; Rev. Thomas Kilgore; Rev. Dr. J. Oscar McCloud; Bishop Joseph O. Patterson; Dr. Joseph Evans; Bishop H. Thomas Primm; Dr. T.C. Sams; Bishop Herbert Bell Shaw; Right Rev. John T. Walker; Bishop Smallwood Williams | George Collins Award | [5] |
1979 | Kent B. Amos, Abraham S. Venable, LeBaron Taylor | CBC Chair's Award | [15] |
1979 | Edward Brooke | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [15] |
1979 | Parren Mitchell | William L. Dawson Award | [15] |
1979 | Sugar Ray Robinson | George Collins Award | [15] |
1980 | Charles Diggs | CBC Chair's Award | [5] |
1980 | H. Claude Hudson | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [5] |
1980 | Louis Stokes | William L. Dawson Award | [5] |
1980 | Sugar Ray Leonard | George Collins Award | [5] |
1981 | Jesse Jackson and Joseph Lowery | CBC Chair's Award | [5] |
1981 | Eddie Williams (activist) | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [5] |
1981 | Robert McGlotten | William L. Dawson Award | [5] |
1981 | Marva Collins | George Collins Award | [5] |
1982 | Coleman Young | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [16] |
1982 | Percy Sutton | Humanitarian Award | [16] |
1982 | Shirley Chisholm | William L. Dawson Award | [5] |
1982 | J. Lamar Hill | George Collins Award | [16] |
1983 | Harold Washington | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [5] |
1983 | Steve Pruitt | William L. Dawson Award | [5] |
1983 | Julius Erving | George Collins Award | [5] |
1984 | Jesse Jackson | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [17] |
1984 | Lacy Clay | William L. Dawson Award | [5] |
1984 | Tennessee Valley Center, Inc., Percy H. Harvey, Maxine Waters | George Collins Award | [5] |
1985 | Marion Barry, Bill Cosby, LeBaron Taylor | CBCF Chair's Award | [5] |
1985 | Harry Belafonte, Robert Gieldorf, Ted Koppell | CBC Chair's Award | [5] |
1985 | Gilbert W. Lindsay | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [5] |
1985 | Travers H.J. Bell | William L. Dawson Award | [5] |
1985 | Marion "Rex" Harris | George Collins Award | [5] |
1986 | Parren Mitchell | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [5][18] |
1986 | Charles Rangel | William L. Dawson Award | [5][18] |
1986 | Dorothy Height | George Collins Award | [5][18] |
1987 | Douglas Wilder | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [19] |
1987 | Adelaide Sanford | George Thomas "Mickey" Leland Award | [19] |
1987 | Marian Wright Edelman | William L. Dawson Award | [19] |
1987 | Milton Carroll | George Collins Award | [19] |
1988 | David Dinkins | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [20] |
1988 | Jesse Jackson | Harold Washington Award | [20] |
1988 | Arthur Hill | William L. Dawson Award | [20] |
1988 | Doug Williams (quarterback) | George Collins Award | [20] |
1989 | William Gray | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [5] |
1989 | Ron Brown | Harold Washington Award | [5] |
1989 | Augustus Hawkins | William L. Dawson Award | [5] |
1989 | John Thompson (basketball) | George Collins Award | [5] |
1990 | Fannie Lou Hamer, Kent Amost, Christopher Edley, Sr., Chief Bashorun, Moshood Abiola, Naythaniel Everett | CBCF Chair's Award | [5] |
1990 | Willie Brown (politician) | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [5] |
1990 | Douglas Wilder | Harold Washington Award | [5] |
1990 | Cardiss Collins | William L. Dawson Award | [5] |
1990 | Clara Hale | George Collins Award | [5] |
1991 | Dan Blue | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [21] |
1991 | Sharon Pratt Dixon | Harold Washington Award | [21] |
1991 | Henry Kirksey | William L. Dawson Award | [21] |
1991 | Bill Cosby and Camille Cosby | George Thomas "Mickey" Leland Award | [21] |
1991 | Christopher Edley Sr. | George Collins Award | [21] |
1991 | Thurgood Marshall | CBC Lifetime Achievement Award | [22] |
1992 | Benjamin Hooks | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [5][23][24] |
1992 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | George Thomas "Mickey" Leland Award | [5][23][24] |
1992 | Lane Kirkland | Harold Washington | [5][23][24] |
1992 | Mary Hatwood Futrell | William L. Dawson Award | [5][23][24] |
1992 | Magic Johnson | George Collins Award | [5][23][24] |
1992 | Benjamin O. Davis Jr. | CBC Lifetime Achievement Award | [23][24] |
1993 | Bill Clay | CBCF Chair's Award | [7] |
1993 | Lani Guinier and Arsenio Hall | CBC Chair's Award | [7] |
1993 | Maxine Waters | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [7] |
1993 | Arthur Ashe | George Thomas "Mickey" Leland Award | [7] |
1993 | Leon Sullivan | Harold Washington Award | [7] |
1993 | Benjamin Chavis | William L. Dawson Award | [7] |
1993 | Dick Gregory | George Collins Award | [7] |
1993 | Berry Gordy | CBC Lifetime Achievement Award | [7] |
1995 | Colin Powell | George "Mickey" Leland Award | [5] |
1996 | Toni Fay and Ingrid Saunders Jones | CBCF Chair's Award | [25] |
1996 | Mary Frances Berry | CBC Chair's Award | [25] |
1996 | John Conyers | Adam Clayton Award | [25] |
1996 | Donald Payne Jr. | George Thomas "Mickey" Leland Award | [25] |
1996 | Andrew Young | Harold Washington Award | [25] |
1996 | Wade Henderson | William L. Dawson Award | [25] |
1996 | Elaine Jones | George Collins Award | [25] |
1997 | William Brooks | CBCF Chair's Award | [26] |
1997 | Myrlie Evers-Williams, Coretta Scott King, Betty Shabazz | CBC Chair's Award | [26] |
1997 | John Hope Franklin | ALC Chairs' Award | [26] |
1997 | Major Owens | Adam Clayton Powel Award | [26] |
1997 | Eva Clayton | George Thomas "Mickey" Leland Award | [26] |
1997 | Jason Charles | Youth Community Service Award | [26] |
1997 | William Lucy (labor leader) | Harold Washington Award | [26] |
1997 | Laura Murphy | William L. Dawson Award | [26] |
1997 | Danny Bakewell | George Collins Award | [26] |
1998 | Daniel Godfrey and Alice Balance | CBCF Chair's Award | [27] |
1998 | Franklin Raines | ALC Chairs' Award | [27] |
1998 | Charles Diggs | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [27] |
1998 | Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee | George Thomas "Mickey" Leland Award | [27] |
1998 | Bobby Rush | Harold Washington Award | [27] |
1998 | Alexis Herman | William L. Dawson Award | [27] |
1998 | Rodney E. Slater | George Collins Award | [27] |
1999 | Alvin Brown | CBC Chair's Award | [28] |
1999 | Julius L. Chambers | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [28] |
1999 | Tom Joyner | George Thomas "Mickey" Leland Award | [28] |
1999 | Evelyn J. Fields | Ralph Metcalfe Award | [28][29] |
2000 | LeBaron Taylor | CBCF Chair's Award | [30] |
2000 | William Kennard | CBC Chair's Award | [5] |
2000 | Nelson Mandela | Millennium Award | [5] |
2000 | Arthur Eve | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [5] |
2000 | Rodney Carroll | George Thomas "Mickey" Leland Award | [5] |
2000 | Tavis Smiley and Tom Joyner | Harold Washington Award | [5][30] |
2000 | Kenneth Hill | William L. Dawson Award | [5] |
2001 | Noah Samara | CBCF Chair's Award | [5] |
2001 | Bill Clinton | CBC Chair's Award | [5] |
2001 | Robert G. Clark | ALC Chairs' Award | [5] |
2001 | Mel Foote | Diggs Award | [5] |
2001 | David Satcher | Ralph Metcalfe Award | [5] |
2001 | H. Carl McCall | William L. Dawson Award | [5] |
2002 | Kenneth Chenault; Richard Parsons (businessman) | CBCF Chair's Award | [31] |
2002 | Emmitt Smith | CBC Chair's Award | [31] |
2002 | Festus Mogae | ALC Chairs' Award | [31] |
2002 | Julian Dixon | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [5] |
2002 | Carrie Meek | George Thomas "Mickey" Leland Award | [5] |
2002 | Donna Brazile | Harold Washington Award | [5] |
2002 | H. Carl McCall | William L. Dawson Award | [5] |
2003 | Robert Johnson | CBCF Chair's Award | [5][32] |
2003 | Jim Clyburn | CBC Chair's Award | [5][32] |
2003 | Hugh Price | William L. Dawson Award | [5][32] |
2003 | Ben Carson | Ralph Metcalfe Award | [5][32] |
2003 | Charles Rangel | Lifetime Distinguished Service Award | [5][32] |
2003 | John Conyers | Lifetime Distinguished Service Award | [5][32] |
2003 | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Barbara Jordan Award | [5] |
2003 | Marian Wright Edelman | ALC Chairs' Award | [5] |
2004 | Ruth Simmons | CBCF Chair's Award | [5][33] |
2004 | H. Patrick Swygert | CBC Chair's Award | [5][33] |
2004 | Danny H. Cameron | ALC Chairs' Award | [5][33] |
2004 | Tommy W. Dortch, Jr. | ALC Chairs' Award | [5][33] |
2005 | John H. Johnson | ALC Chairs' Award | [34] |
2005 | Debra L. Lee | CBC Chair's Award | [34] |
2005 | P. J. Patterson | Charles Diggs | [34] |
2005 | Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke | Barbara Jordan Award | [34] |
2005 | Hurricane Katrina Heroes | Katrina Heroes Award | [34] |
2006 | Charles Ogletree | CBCF Chair's Award | [8] |
2006 | Johnnetta Cole | CBC Chair's Award | [8] |
2006 | Kwame Kilpatrick | ALC Co-Chair's Award | [8] |
2006 | Ron Dellums | ALC Co-Chair's Award | [8] |
2006 | Roscoe C. Brown Jr. | William L. Dawson Award | [8] |
2006 | Kim Bondy | George Thomas "Mickey" Leland Award | [10] |
2007 | William H. Gray III | CBCF Chair's Award | [5] |
2007 | Anna Diggs Taylor | CBC Chair's Award | [5] |
2007 | Jim Clyburn | ALC Co-Chair's Award | [5] |
2007 | Kofi Annan | Members' Award | [5] |
2007 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | Members' Award | [5] |
2008 | Kerry Washington | CBCF Chair's Award | [5] |
2008 | Eleanor Josaitis | CBC Chair's Award | [5] |
2008 | Deval Patrick | ALC Co-Chair's Award | [5] |
2008 | David Paterson | ALC Co-Chair's Award | [5] |
2008 | Karen Bass | CBC Members' Award | [5] |
2008 | Barack Obama | CBC Members' Award | [35] |
2009 | Calvin Smyre | CBCF Chair’s Award | [5][35] |
2009 | Danny Glover | CBC Chair's Award | [5][35] |
2009 | Cicely Tyson | ALC Co-Chairs' Award | [5][35] |
2009 | Sheryl Lee Ralph | ALC Co-Chairs' Award | [5][35] |
2009 | Susan Rice | Charles C. Diggs Award | [5][35] |
2009 | Ted Kennedy | George Thomas "Mickey" Leland Award | [5][35] |
2009 | Wyclef Jean | George Collins Award | [5][35] |
2010 | Sheila Oliver | CBCF Chair’s Award | [5][36] |
2010 | Judith Jamison | CBC Chair's Award | [5][36] |
2010 | Simeon Booker | George Thomas "Mickey" Leland Award | [5][36] |
2010 | Harry Belafonte | George Thomas "Mickey" Leland Award | [5][36] |
2011 | John Lewis | CBCF Chair’s Award | [5][37] |
2011 | Lisa P. Jackson | CBC Chair's Award | [5][37] |
2011 | George Foreman | ALC Co-Chairs' Award | [5][37] |
2011 | Joseph Lowery | Members' Award | [5][37] |
2012 | Eric Holder | CBCF Chair’s Award | [38] |
2012 | George Lucas for Red Tails | CBC Chair's Award | [38] |
2012 | Harvey Gantt | Harold Washington Award | [38] |
2012 | Corrine Brown | Harold Washington Award | [38] |
2013 | Bill Clinton | CBCF Chair’s Award | [5][39] |
2013 | Elaine Jones | CBC Chair’s Award | [5][39] |
2013 | "The Spirit of 1963" | ALC Co-Chairs' Award | [5][39] |
2013 | Elijah Cummings | Harold Washington Award | [5][39] |
2014 | Cathy Hughes | Congressional Black Caucus Chair’s Award | [3] |
2014 | Muhammad Ali | Ralph Metcalf Award for Health | [3] |
2014 | Susan L. Taylor | ALC Co-Chair’s Phoenix Award | [3] |
2014 | Wade Henderson | CBC Chair’s Award | [3] |
2014 | Dr. Robert Wright | ALC Co-Chair’s Phoenix Award | [3] |
2015 | William Barber II | CBC Chair’s Award | [40] |
2015 | Fred Gray (attorney) | ALC Co-Chair’s Award | [40] |
2015 | Juanita Abernathy | George Thomas “Mickey” Leland Award | [40] |
2015 | Amelia Boynton Robinson | Harold Washington Award | [40] |
2015 | Alpha Phi Alpha | CBCF Chair’s Award | [40] |
2016 | Hillary Clinton | Trailblazer Award | [4] |
2016 | Charles Rangel | Congressional Black Caucus Founder’s Award | [4] |
2016 | Marcia Fudge | Barbara Jordan Award | [4] |
2016 | Robert F. Smith (investor) | CBCF Chair’s Award | [4] |
2016 | Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in honor of the Emanuel Nine | CBC Chair’s Award | [4] |
2017 | Ruby Bridges | Congressional Black Caucus Chair's Phoenix Award | [2] |
2017 | Thomas Freeman (debate coach) | Congressional Black Caucus Chair's Phoenix Award | [2] |
2017 | Ron Kirk | Congressional Black Caucus Co-Chair's Phoenix Award | [2] |
2017 | Tamika Mallory | Congressional Black Caucus Co-Chair's Phoenix Award | [2] |
2017 | Bennie Thompson | Harold Washington Phoenix Award | [2] |
2018 | Jesse Jackson and Jacqueline Brown | CBCF Chair & Lifetime Achievement Award | [41] |
2018 | Tommie Smith and John Carlos | CBC Chair’s Award | [5] |
2018 | Lee Porter | ALC Co-Chairs' Award | [42] |
2018 | Bryan Stevenson | ALC Co-Chairs' Award | [42] |
2018 | Stacey Abrams | Adam Clayton Powell Award | [42] |
2018 | Aretha Franklin | John Lewis Legacy Award | [42] |
2019 | Calvin Mackie | CBCF Chair’s Award | [11] |
2019 | Wanda Austin | CBC Chair’s Phoenix Award | [11] |
2019 | The Exonerated Five | ALC Co-Chair’s Phoenix Award | [11] |
2019 | Barbara Lee | ALC Co-Chair’s Phoenix Award | [11] |
2019 | Al Sharpton | Harold Washington Award | [11] |
2020 | Lonnie Bunch | Phoenix Award | [43] |
2020 | William "Larry" Lucas | Phoenix Award | [43] |
2020 | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Phoenix Award | [43] |
2020 | Benjamin Crump | Phoenix Award | [43] |
2020 | Joe Biden | Phoenix Award | [43] |
2021 | Stacey Abrams | CBC Body Awardee | [44] |
2021 | Lloyd Austin | Co-Chair's Award | [44] |
2021 | Dr. Joan Coker | Co-Chair's Award | [44] |
2021 | Marcia Fudge | CBC Chair’s Award | [44] |
2021 | Cedric Richmond | CBCF Chair’s Award | [44] |
2022 | Michael Eric Dyson | CBC Chair’s Phoenix Award | [1] |
2022 | Lisa D. Cook | CBCF Chair’s Award | [1] |
2022 | Opal Lee | CBC Body Award | [1] |
2022 | Bennie Thompson | Democracy Trailblazer Award | [1] |
2022 | Ruth E. Carter | Honorary Co-Chairs Award | [1] |
2023 | Karine Jean-Pierre | Honorary Co-Chairs Award | [12] |
2023 | Karen Bass | CBCF Chair’s Award | [12] |
2023 | Hakeem Jeffries | CBC Body Award | [12] |
2023 | Justin Jones (Tennessee politician) | CBC Chair’s Phoenix Award | [12] |
2023 | MC Lyte and LL Cool J | Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Culture Icon Award | [12] |
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