Martin Luther King Jr. Award

The Martin Luther King Jr. Award was established by Fellowship of Reconciliation "in 1979 to recognize persons or groups working in the United States in the tradition of Martin Luther King, Jr. The Rev. Dr. King was very involved with FOR, and was serving as a member of FOR’s Advisory Council at the time of his death. The award honors those who make a significant contribution to the furtherance of Dr. King’s nonviolent approach to transforming racial, economic, and social injustice."

Previous Winners

Accessed March 2011:

• 2010: Medea Benjamin, San Francisco, CA — read interview
• 2009: Cynthia Brown, Durham, NC
• 2008: George Lakey, Philadelphia, PA — read interview
• 2007: Samina Faheem Sundas and American Muslim Voice, Palo Alto, CA — read profile
• 2006: Walter Wink and June Keener Wink, Sandisfield, MA
• 2005: Margaret Morgan Lawrence, Pomona, CA — read profile
• 2002: Dustin Washington, Seattle, WA
• 2000: Kay Camp, Haverford, PA
• 1999: Edith Bush, West Palm Beach, FL
• 1998: Ken Brown, North Manchester, IN
• 1997: Anne Brooks
• 1996: Louis Coleman, Louisville, KY
• 1995: Margaret Moseley, Cape Cod, MA
• 1994: Daniel Alejandrez, Santa Cruz, CA
• 1993: One Day at a Time, founded by Henry T. Wells, Philadelphia, PA
• 1992: Charles Alphin, Atlanta, GA and [[Sam Day, Madison, WI
• 1991: Glenn Smiley, Glendale, CA — read essay
• 1990: Randall Kehler, Colrain, MA
• 1989: Carl Upchurch, Bexley, OH
• 1988: Maurice McCrackin, Cincinnati, OH
• 1987: Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen, Seattle, WA
• 1986: Miles Horton, New Market, TN
• 1985: Shelley Douglass and Jim Douglass, Birmingham, AL
• 1984: Pete Seeger and Toshi Seeger, Beacon, NY
• 1983: Septima Poinsette Clark, Charleston, SC
• 1982: Katherine Garry
• 1981: Robert C. Aldridge, Santa Clara, CA
• 1980: Fay Honey Knopp, Shoreham, VT
• 1979: Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, LA and NY