COMMITTEE FOR KING AWARDS
Committee for King presents three annual awards: the Image Award, the Community Service Award, and the Drum Major Award. The Image award recognizes an individual, group or organization whose work or talent has significantly contributed to the aesthetics of the community. The Community Service Award lifts up an individual or organization that seeks love, compassion, respect and racial harmony as evidenced through consistent volunteer community service. The Drum Major Award honors individuals who evidence deep commitment to the ideals shown in Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life and work.
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Nominations for these awards may made by any community member. Forms and deadline for nominations are available on the website. Only Committee for King Board members may vote on the nominations.
Mail to: Committee for King / P.O. Box 4101 / Tupelo, MS 38803
2016 Lane Chapel Male Quintet
2017 Determined
2018 Geno Jones and Focus
2019 Ollie Collins, Jr.
2020 Dr. Cordell Phillips
2021 Billy Clifton
2022 Lee Williams (posthumous)
2023 Tammie Nichols
2024 Gum Tree Museum of Art
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2010 Curtis Robert Smith
2011 Dr. Thurmond Beasley, DDS (posthumous)
2012 Attorney Jim Waide
2013 Stanley A. McIntosh (Stan Allen)
2014 Janette Kirk
2015 Stephen Tybor, III
2016 Councilman Willie Jennings
2017 Steve Holland
2018 Charles Bouldin
2019 Toyota Motor Manufacturing
2020 Leticia Gassaway
2021 Boyd Yarbrough
2022 Florine Nails
2023 Beds for Kids
2024 Carla Falkner
1993 Aaron Henry
1994 W.A. McMillan
1995 Boyce Grayson
1996 Ulysses Sims
1997 Lilly Bell Johnson
1998 Howard Gunn
1999 Barry Ford
2000 Bennie Turner
2001 James Neely
2002 Jack Reed
2003 Tommie Ivy
2004 Viola Foster
2005 Robert Jamison
2006 John Thomas Morris
2007 Zell Long
2008 Nettie Davis
2009 General Lee Young
2010 William Winter
2011 Kenneth & Eloise Mayfield
2012 Henry Cobb
2013 Mack Arthur Turner
2014 Mickey Linder
2015 Palmer Foster
2016 Fred Banks & Melvyn R. Leventhal
2017 Shawn Brevard
2018 Dr. Donald Cole
2019 Shelton Shannon
2020 Clarence Parks
2021 Charles Penson
2022 Leesha Faulkner
2023 Robert Hall
2024 Virginia Toliver