2025 Honorees

Lee Daniels
Lifetime Achievement Award

Wendy Raquel Robinson
Ally Award

Gil Robertson
Media & Arts Award

Larry Sims
Business Leadership Award

Dr. Kimberly Smith
History Maker Award

Dr. Leo Moore
Bayard Rustin Advocacy Award

Brittani Nichols
Breakout Star Award

Wayman & Michah
Andre Leon Talley
Style Purveyor Award
2024 Honorees

Karine Jean-Pierre
History Maker Award

Patrik-Ian Polk
Lifetime Achievement Award

Lena Waithe
Culture & Arts Award

Mona Scott-Young
Ally Award

Bre-Z
Breakout Star Award

Dr. Bettina L. Love
Excellence in Education Award

Shar Jossell
Passing The Torch Award

Dr. David Johns
Bayard Rustin Advocacy Award

Sam Prater
Business Leadership Award

Bryon Javar
Andre Leon Talley Style Purveyor Award

Tobias Gilbert
Social Influencer Award
2023 Honorees

Raven-Symoné
Icon Award

Dr. David Malebrache
Bayard Rustin Advocacy Award

Byron Perkins
Courage Award

Dr. Darnell Hunt
Excellence in Education Award

Unique Woman's Coalition
Bayard Rustin Advocacy Award

Tabitha Brown
Ally Award

MATHIS FAMILY MATTERS
Family Award

THE UPSHAWS
Cultural Affirmation Award

STARZ #TAKETHELEAD
Corporate Leadership & Diversity Award
2022 Honorees

Colman Domingo
History Maker Award

Karen Bass
Ally Award

Jason Lee
Social Influencer Award

Dr. James Earl Davis
Excellence in Education Award

AMAAD INSTITUTE
Bayard Rustin Advocacy Award

NETFLIX
Corporate Leadership & Diversity

TEA-G-I-F
Media & Arts Award
(Claudia Jordan, Al Reynolds, and Quentin 'Funky Dineva' Latham)
2021 Honorees

Marsha Warfield
Lifetime Achievement Award

Derrick Rutledge
Beauty & Fashion Award

Katori Hall
Media & Arts Award

TS Madison
Social Influencer Award

Maurice Harris
Business Leadership Award
2020 Honorees

Jason Bolden & Adair Curtis
Business Leadership Award

Cheryl Dunye
Media & Arts Award

Angelica Ross
Culture & Arts Award

Dr. Shaun Harper
Excellence in Education Award

Keith Boykin
Advocacy Award

Brian Henry
Social Influencer Award

Jeffery Wallace
Passing the Torch Award
2019 Honorees

Phill Wilson
Lifetime Achievement Award

Tajamika Paxton
Media and Arts Award

Sheryl Lee Ralph
Ally Award

Anthony Hemingway
Media & Arts Award

Karamo Brown
Culture & Arts Award

In the Meantime Men's Group
Advocate Award

Kalen Allen
Social Influencer Award

Jeffery Wallace
Passing the Torch Award
2018 Honorees

Rahsaan Patterson
Music & Arts Award

Violet Palmer
History Maker Award

Ellene V. Miles
Media & Arts Award

Rockmond Dunbar
Ally Award

Damone Roberts
Business Leadership Award

Chandi Moore
Advocate Award

Tre'vell Anderson
Passing the Torch Award
2017 Honorees

James Earl Hardy
Lifetime Achievement Award

Loretta Devine
Ally Award

Tracey Norman
History Maker Award

Sam Fine
Beauty & Fashion Award

Marcus Smith
Media & Arts Award

Mya Dobson
Business Leadership Award

Malcom 'MJ' Harris
Passing the Torch Award
2016 Honorees

Aaron Walton
Lifetime Achievement Award

Bishop Yvette Flunder
Lifetime Achievement Award

Reverend Jenenne Macklin
Mentor Award

Judge Darrin P. Gayles
History Maker Award

Gerard McCallum
Business Leadership Award

Darryn Harris
Passing the Torch Award

Greg Bunn & Demitrius McCoy
Mentor Award
2015 Honorees

Stanley Bennett Clay
Lifetime Achievement Award

Jewel Thais-Williams
Lifetime Achievement Award

Vallerie Wagner
Advocacy Award

Dr. Wilbert Jordan
Advocacy Award

Dr. Tenika Jackson
Mentor Award

Glenn Lawrence | Steph Thomas
Mentor Award

B. Slade
Courage Award

Darren 'Buttahman' Brin
Courage Award

Ben Cory Jones
Passing the Torch Award

Quincy & Deondray Gossfield
Culture & Arts Award

Wendell James
Philanthropy Award