Past Recipients by Year
| 1986 | 1989 | 1992 | 1995 | 1998 | 2001 | 2004 |
| 1987 | 1990 | 1993 | 1996 | 1999 | 2002 | 2005 |
| 1988 | 1991 | 1994 | 1997 | 2000 | 2003 | 2006 |
1986
Generous Heart Award - Dr. Calvin Rolark
Peacemaker Award - Dr. Robert Gale
1987
Generous Heart Award - Baker E. Morten
Peacemaker Award - President Ronald Reagan and President Mikhail Gorbachev
1988
Generous Heart Award - Doug Williams
Peacemaker Award - Dr. Robert Stolar
1989
Generous Heart Award - Paul Berry
Peacemaker Award - Gov. L. Douglas Wilder
1990
Generous Heart Award - Dr. Dorothy Height
Peacemaker Award - Dr. Robert Schuller
1991
Generous Heart Award - Mable D. Haden, Esq. and Judge William S. Thompson
Peacemaker Award - Chef Paul Prudhomme for the People of Louisiana
1992
Generous Heart Award - Dr. Ben Carson
Newsmaker of the Year - Larry King
Peacemaker Award - Morris Dees, Esq.
1993
Generous Heart Award - Dr. Fred J. Epstein
Peacemaker Award - Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Chairman Yasser Arafat
1994
Generous Heart Award - Robert Cadeaux, Esq.
Peacemaker Award - Ralph Nader, Esq.
1995
Generous Heart Award - Robert Cadeaux, Esq.
America's Role Model - Heather Whitestone, Miss America
Peacemaker Award - Ralph Nader, Esq.
1996
Generous Heart Award - Deborah Valentine
America's Role Model - Denyce Graves
Peacemaker Award - Colman McCarthy
Advocate for Justice - Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., Esq.
1997
Generous Heart Award - Honorable Eugene and Virginia Hamilton
America's Role Model - Dominique Dawes
Peacemaker Award - Dr. Elie Wiesel
1998
America's Role Model - Kate Shindle, Miss America
Peacemaker Award - Muhammad Ali
Advocate for Justice - Hon. David A. Clarke
1999
Generous Heart Award - Hon. Hilda Mason & Charles Mason, Esq.
America's Role Model - Sam Lacy
Peacemaker Award - Jody Williams
Advocate for Justice - Judge Joe Brown
2000
Generous Heart Award - Tom Joyner
America's Role Model - Christopher Reeve
Peacemaker Award - Elaine R. Jones
2001
Generous Heart Award - Jerry Lewis
America's Role Model - Buzz Aldrin
Peacemaker Award - Ambassador George W. Haley
Advocate for Justice - Irene Morgan Kirkaldy
2002
Generous Heart Award - Drs. Richard & Kathleen Morton
America's Role Model - Mayor Walter E. Washington
Peacemaker Award - Senator John Edwards
Advocate for Justice - James M. Nabrit, III, Esq.
Children's Advocate - Marian Wright Edelman, President, Children’s Defense Fund
2003
Generous Heart Award - Hon. Luke C. Moore
America's Role Model Award - Catherine Gugala, Ms. Wheelchair America
Advocate for Justice - Joan Claybrook, President, Public Citizen
Hero in Law - Hon. Julia Cooper Mack
