Phoenix Award (Congressional Black Caucus Foundation)

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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet audience members during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 44th Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. P092714LJ-0318 (16165726524).jpg
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet audience members during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 44th Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014.

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.

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Awards

Specific awards given out as a part of the Phoenix Awards include:

Winners

YearAwardeeAwardReference
1972 A. Philip Randolph Adam Clayton Powell Award [13]
1973 Clarence Mitchell Jr. Adam Clayton Powell Award [14]
1973E. Z. JacksonGeorge 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 HospitalGeorge 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]
1978Bishop 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]
1979Kent B. Amos, Abraham S. Venable, LeBaron TaylorCBC 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]
1981Robert McGlottenWilliam 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]
1982J. Lamar HillGeorge Collins Award [16]
1983 Harold Washington Adam Clayton Powell Award [5]
1983Steve PruittWilliam 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]
1984Tennessee Valley Center, Inc., Percy H. Harvey, Maxine Waters George Collins Award [5]
1985 Marion Barry, Bill Cosby, LeBaron TaylorCBCF Chair's Award [5]
1985 Harry Belafonte, Robert Gieldorf, Ted KoppellCBC Chair's Award [5]
1985 Gilbert W. Lindsay Adam Clayton Powell Award [5]
1985Travers H.J. BellWilliam L. Dawson Award [5]
1985Marion "Rex" HarrisGeorge 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]
1987Milton CarrollGeorge Collins Award [19]
1988 David Dinkins Adam Clayton Powell Award [20]
1988 Jesse Jackson Harold Washington Award [20]
1988Arthur HillWilliam L. Dawson Award [20]
1988 Doug Williams (quarterback) George Collins Award [20]
1989William GrayAdam 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 EverettCBCF 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]
1991Christopher 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]
1996Toni Fay and Ingrid Saunders JonesCBCF 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]
1997William BrooksCBCF 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]
1997Jason CharlesYouth 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]
1998Daniel Godfrey and Alice BalanceCBCF 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]
2000LeBaron TaylorCBCF 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]
2000Rodney CarrollGeorge Thomas "Mickey" Leland Award [5]
2000 Tavis Smiley and Tom Joyner Harold Washington Award [5] [30]
2000Kenneth HillWilliam L. Dawson Award [5]
2001Noah SamaraCBCF Chair's Award [5]
2001 Bill Clinton CBC Chair's Award [5]
2001 Robert G. Clark ALC Chairs' Award [5]
2001Mel FooteDiggs 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]
2003Robert JohnsonCBCF Chair's Award [5] [32]
2003 Jim Clyburn CBC Chair's Award [5] [32]
2003Hugh PriceWilliam 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]
2004Danny H. CameronALC Chairs' Award [5] [33]
2004Tommy 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 HeroesKatrina 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]
2006Kim BondyGeorge 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]
2014Dr. Robert WrightALC 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]
2018Lee PorterALC 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]
2020William "Larry" LucasPhoenix 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]
2021Dr. Joan CokerCo-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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