Civil Rights Coalition Announces Recipients of 2005 Hubert H. Humphrey Award
Feature Story by civilrights.org staff - 2/23/2005
Julian Bond, Chairman of the NAACP; Ginny Thornburgh, director of the Religion and Disability Program of the National Organization on Disability; and Senator Tom Daschle will be honored on May 4 at the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights' annual Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award Dinner."This year's honorees have made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of civil rights," said Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (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."
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.
