1993 Humphrey Award Recipients

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Justin Dart, Jr.


Dart has recorded four decades of advocacy for human rights in the USA, Mexico, Japan, Vietnam, Canada, the Netherlands, and Germany, serving in five gubernatorial, one Congressional and five Presidential appointments. In the area of disability policy, he has advocated for the civil rights and empowerment of people with disabilities in every nation.


Dorothy I. Height

Dorothy I. Height

Chairperson of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Height has been involved in social service for some six decades, as president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW); organizing voter registration in the South, voter education in the North, and scholarship programs for student civil rights workers; through her involvement with the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA); and through her advocacy for improved conditions for black domestic workers.


Raul Yzaguirre

Raul Yzaguirre

One of the most widely recognized leaders in the civil rights community, a key national player on behalf of Hispanic Americans, as President of the National Council of La Raza, Yzaguirre continues his lifelong mission to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans.