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Hubert H. Humphrey

The Leadership Conference's annual Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award Dinner is the year's largest and most diverse civil and human rights celebration.

The Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award is presented to those who best exemplify "selfless and devoted service in the cause of equality." The award was established by The Leadership Conference 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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2011 Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award Dinner

2011 Dinner banner with photos of Trumka, Sherrod, and Solmonese

The 35th annual Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award Dinner WAS held on May 12, 2011, in Washington, D.C.

Three impressive individualsl received the civil and human rights community's highest honor at the dinner: Richard Trumka, Shirley Sherrod, and Joe Solmonese.

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Previous Honorees & Dinner Highlights

2010 Dinner
Sen. Patrick Leahy, Karen Narasaki, Gara LaMarche, and Harry Belafonte
2009 Dinner
Sheila Bair and Van Jones
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