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