Civil Rights Coalition Announces Recipients of Hubert H. Humphrey Award
Feature Story by civilrights.org staff - 3/22/2004
Three advocates of civil rights and social justice will be honored this year at the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights' annual Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award Dinner.This year's award recipients will be Tom Joyner, radio personality and advocate for civil rights and economic justice; Ambassador Connie Morella, eight-term member of Congress and current United States' Permanent Representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; and Gerald McEntee, International President of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
"This year's honorees have made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of civil rights," said LCCR Executive Director Wade Henderson. "Each has helped our nation make great and lasting strides on our journey toward equality. It is particularly fitting that they receive the Humphrey Award, which is the civil rights community's highest honor."
In addition to the Humphrey Award honorees, LCCR Chair Dr. Dorothy I. Height announced the selection of Dr. Irwin Jacobs, co-founder and chairman of Qualcomm, Inc., as the recipient of the 2004 Chair's Award for his dedication to equality and diversity and his extraordinary commitment to education reform. Dr. Jacobs will receive the award as part of LCCR's 50th anniversary celebration of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision.
Founded in 1950, LCCR is made up of more than 180 organizations representing persons of color, women, children, individuals with disabilities, older Americans, gays and lesbians, labor unions, major religious groups, and civil liberties and human rights. The annual dinner, LCCR's principal fund-raiser, is noted for bringing together people from all walks of life -- members of both houses of Congress, officials from the Executive Branch, business leaders, educators, attorneys, and young people representing the next generation of civil and human rights advocates.
For more information on the Hubert H. Humphrey Award honorees, tickets for the dinner, and sponsorship opportunities, please visit civilrights.org's special dinner section, or send an e-mail to dinner04@civilrights.org.
