Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award Dinner
LCCR's annual Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award Dinner is the year's largest and most diverse civil and human rights celebration.
The Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award is presented to those who best exemplify “selfless and devoted service in the cause of equality.” The award was established by LCCR in 1977 to honor Hubert Humphrey and those who emulate his dedication to and passion for civil rights. His words still echo in our continuing fight to advance equality, and the Humphrey Award is the civil rights community’s highest honor.
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2009 Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award Dinner
The 33rd annual Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award Dinner was held on May 7, 2009, in Washington, D.C.
In 2009, we looked to two remarkable individuals who are helping us answer today’s unique challenges to civil and human rights protections.
Sheila Bair has shown us that our financial institutions on Wall Street will be at their strongest when they best represent the borrower on Main Street, and Van Jones is addressing environmental injustices and social injustices with one visionary solution: creating green pathways out of poverty.
Previous Honorees & Dinner Highlights
- 2008 Dinner
- The Honorable John Conyers, Jr., Patricia Rouse, and Soledad O'Brien
- 2007 Dinner
- William J. Clinton, Dr. John Hope Franklin, and L. Tammy Duckworth
- 2006 Dinner
- The Film “Crash” and Monica Lozano
- 2005 Dinner
- Julian Bond, Tom Daschle, and Ginny Thornburgh
- 2004 Dinner
- Tom Joyner, Gerald McEntee, and the Honorable Connie Morella
- 2003 Dinner
- The Honorable John Lewis, Northwestern University's Medill Innocence Project, The Center on Wrongful Convictions, and the Sesame Workshop
- 2002 Dinner
- Danny Glover, Elizabeth Birch, and David Saperstein
- 2001 Dinner
- Maya Lin, Franklin D. Raines, and William L. Taylor
- 2000 Dinner
- Vernon E. Jordan Jr., Judith L. Lichtman, Wilma Mankiller, Edward James Olmos, and John J. Sweeney
- 1999 Dinner
- Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis, Governor Gary Locke, and Jeannie VanVelkinburgh
- 1998 Dinner
- Debbie Allen, the Honorable Bob Lanier, and Steven Spielberg
- 1997 Dinner
- Tipper Gore and Dolores Huerta
- 1996 Dinner
- Myrlie Evers-Williams, the Honorable Kweisi Mfume, , and the Honorable Norman Y. Mineta
- 1995 Dinner
- Ralph G. Neas Jr.
- 1994 Dinner
- The Honorable Henry Cisneros, the Honorable Hamilton Fish Jr., and Elaine R. Jones
- 1993 Dinner
- Justin Dart Jr., Dr. Dorothy I. Height, and Raul Yzaguirre
- 1992 Dinner
- Benjamin L. Hooks, Patrisha A. Wright, and Kenneth Young
- 1991 Dinner
- William T. Coleman Jr., Antonia Hernandez, and Dick Warden
- 1990 Dinner
- The Honorable Augustus Hawkins
- 1989 Dinner
- The Honorable Barbara Jordan, and the Honorable Lowell P. Weicker Jr.
- 1988 Dinner
- Ellen Goodman and the Honorable Edward M. Kennedy
- 1987 Dinner
- Herbert L. Block, James Farmer, and Wiley Branton
- 1986 Dinner
- Dr. Mary Frances Berry, the Honorable Charles McC. Mathias Jr., and the Honorable Parren Mitchell
- 1985 Dinner
- Arnold Aronson, Marian Wright Edelman, J.C. Turner, and Willie Velasquez
- 1984 Dinner
- Joseph L. Rauh Jr.
- 1983 Dinner
- Douglas Fraser and Rosina Tucker
- 1982 Dinner
- The Honorable Don Edwards and Arthur S. Flemming
- 1981 Dinner
- AFL-CIO and Lane Kirkland
- 1980 Dinner
- George Meany and Clarence M. Mitchell Jr.
- 1979 Dinner
- Andrew Biemiller and the Rev. Msgr. George Higgins
- 1978 Dinner
- The Honorable Edward W. Brooke, and the Honorable Peter Rodino
- 1977 Dinner
- The Honorable Philip Hart
