The Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship recognizes a 涩里番下载 junior who has demonstrated superior academic achievement, extracurricular leadership, community service, and involvement with the African American community and African American issues both on and off campus.

Scholarship recipients

Date

Recipients

Speaker

News

2/19/24Julie Canuto-DepinaDr. Philip McHarris 鈥�14, Assistant Professor,听Frederick Douglass Institute and Department of Black Studies, University of Rochester涩里番下载 News February 2024
2/21/23Maria 鈥淐hristie鈥� LouisDr.听Alex L. Pieterse,听Director, Institute for the Study of Race and Culture, Associate Professor,听Lynch School of Education and Human Development涩里番下载 News February 2023
2/22/22Kudzai KapururaDr. Donald Brown Ed.D., Founder & President of Brown & Associates Education and Diversity Consulting, and Director of 涩里番下载's Office of AHANA Student Programs, 1978-2005涩里番下载 News February 2022
听2/16/21听听Latifat OdetundeDr. M. Shawn Copeland, Professor Emerita of Systematic Theology and African and African Diaspora Studies, 涩里番下载涩里番下载 News February 2021
听2/6/20听听Shakalah ThompsonDavid R. Williams, the Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health, Harvard University涩里番下载 News February 2020
听2/19/19听听Thair BrownVincent Rougeau,听Dean of 涩里番下载 Law School涩里番下载 News February 19, 2019
2/1/18Anthony SmithL'Merchie Frazier, Director of Education and Interpretation for the Museum of African American History, Boston涩里番下载 News February 15, 2018
2/15/17Akosua Opokua-AchampongLinda Dorcena Forry, Senator of Massachusetts representing the 1st听Suffolk District涩里番下载 News February 15, 2017
2/16/16Chiamaka OkorieRev. Gregory Carl Chisholm, S.J., Pastor of the Roman Catholic Church of St. Charles Borromeo/Resurrection Chapel in the Archdiocese of New York涩里番下载 News February 24, 2016
2/17/15Cai ThomasValerie D. Lewis-Mosley 鈥�79, Director of religious education at the Church of Christ the King in Jersey City, NJ and Vice President of the Social Justice Committee of Jersey City
涩里番下载 Chronicle March 12, 2015
2/8/14Patience MarksJohn H. Jackson, President and CEO of the Schott Foundation for Public Education.
2/4/13Philip McHarrisDr. Clayborne Carson, Ronnie Lott Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute at Stanford University涩里番下载 Chronicle February 14, 2013
2/10/12Sandra DicksonCharles J. Ogletree, Harvard Law School Jesse Climenko Professor of Law and Founding Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice涩里番下载 Chronicle February 16, 2012
2/15/11Angela DonkorRev. Dr. Evan C. Hines, 涩里番下载 Graduate '90涩里番下载 Chronicle March 3, 2011
2/3/10Catherine DuarteSettie Warren, Boston Colege Graduate '93, was President of the UG涩里番下载 and currently, first African American elected to the position of Mayor of the City of Newton Mass.涩里番下载 Chronicle February 24, 2010
2/11/09Gerrel OlivierWalter C. Carrington, former Ambassador to Nigeria and to Senegal涩里番下载 Chronicle February 26, 2009
2/12/08Eric Asuo-ManteAndrea J. Cabral '81, Sheriff of Suffolk County听
2/13/07Jacqueline GrantStephen J. Pemberton '89, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion at Monster.com涩里番下载 Chronicle
March 1, 2007
2/15/06Alexandria BradshawNancy E. Norman, Director, Boston Public Health Commission听
2/23/05Chikaelo IbeabucciJ. Keith Motley, Interim Chancellor, University of Massachusetts-BostonChikaelo Ibeabucci and Father Leahy
2/17/04Helina TeklehaimanotRev. Allen Dwight Callahan, Baptist Minister and Former B.C. Theology Faculty Member, now in Brazil涩里番下载 Chronicle
March 4, 2004
3/13/03Roderkick L. CareyRev. J. Glenn Murray, SJ., Director of the Diocese of Cleveland's Office for Pastoral Liturgy.听
2/19/02Rufus L. Caine IIIReverend Calvin 0. Butts III, D. Min., Pastor Abyssinan Baptist Church, NY, NY听
2/13/01Tiffany GriffinJanet Helms, Professor, Counseling/Dev/Psych,Lynch School of Education听
2/9/00Alvin BarnettRev. Michael Louis Pfleger, Pastor, Preacher, Parent, Lecturer, ActivistAlvin Barnett with Father Leahy
2/9/99Saya HillmanRev. Dr. Ray Hammond, Pastor, Betherl A.M.E. Church听
2/11/98Alison HarriottJoseph A. Brown, S.J., Author, Consultant, Lecturer听
2/11/97Simeon BureschRev. Michael Haynes, Pastor, Twelfth Baptist Church and friend of MLK听
2/20/96Rizwan JamalDarcel Clark, First MLK Scholarship RecipientRizwan Jamal and Father Monan
2/15/95Leonardine A. PacombeJulianne Malveaux, Ph.D., Eonomist, Author, Syndicated Columnist听
2/2/94Okey MbawuikeTBA听
2/2/94Nancy JosephRalph Wiley, Author, Journalist, Lecturer听
2/10/93Sandra Jean-LouisTBA听
2/10/93Natasha GriggerDelores E. Cross, Ph.D., President, Chicago State Univ.涩里番下载 Chronicle
February 18, 1993
2/12/92Nique HenryJulian Earls, Director, Health Services NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH涩里番下载 Chronicle
February 18, 1993
2/11/91Lucia ThomasRev. Samuel Proctor, Pastor, Abyssinan Baptist Church, NY, NY听
3/21/90Candace (Candi) N. NicholsRep. John Lewis, GA Representative, Civil rights activist听
2/15/89Raymond SykesMary Francis Berry, U.S. Civil Rights CommissionerRaymond Sykes Article
2/22/88France Kevin BowersMarie Gadsen, Deputy Director, Nat'l Assn. Equal Employment听Opportunity in Higher Ed., Oxfam America Bd. of Trustees涩里番下载 BiWeekly
2/1/87No award given.
Carlos Brito, Donna Graham, and Gaylord Taylor received special recognition		Lorraine Hale, Executive Dir., Hale House (a NYC center for drug-addicted infants)涩里番下载 Biweekly
February 26, 1987
Gaylord Taylor Article
2/24/86Maritza SkeltonHassan Minor, Managing Director, The Corp. for BostonMaritza Skelton Article
2/25/85Maya HandwerkMartin Luther King, IIIMaya Handwerk Article
2/1/84Francois DumontRep. Saundra Graham, MA State RepresentativeFrancois Dumont Article
2/1/83Stephanye A. ReddRobert Drinan, S.J., Former Congressman, 涩里番下载 Law School Dean, 1956-70涩里番下载 Biweekly
February 3, 1983
2/2/82Darcel ClarkWayne Budd, Attorney, 涩里番下载 Bd. of Trustees涩里番下载 Biweekly
February 4, 1982
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