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Black Kennedy Center Honors Awardees
I got this from an email, so it may or may not be totally accurate, but I thought it would be fun to add their fraternal or sororal affiliations. If I left anyone out, let me know. --Senusret I
Recipients of Kennedy Center Honors
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC created its
Honors awards in 1978 to recognize the lifetime achievements of selected
American performing artists. Over 29 years, 152 individuals have been
recognized. Of those, 31 have been African-Americans, a figure that
represents just over 20% of the total number of awards. Listed below, by
the year in which they were honored, are the names of the African-American
recipients. (The complete list of all recipients is attached.)
1978 Marian Anderson (AKA)
1979 Ella Fitzgerald (AKA)
1980 Leontyne Price (DSQ)
1981 Count Basie (WYF)
1982
1983 Katherine Dunham
1984 Lena Horne (DSQ)
1985 Merce Cunningham
1986 Ray Charles
1987 Sammy Davis, Jr
1988 Alvin Ailey
1989 Harry Belafonte
1990 Dizzy Gillespie
1991 the brothers Fayard and Harold Nicholas
1992 Lionel Hampton (AFA)
1993 Marion Williams
1994 Aretha Franklin (DSQ)
1995 B. B. King, Sidney Poitier
1996 Benny Carter
1997 Jessye Norman (AKA)
1998 Bill Cosby (WYF)
1999 Stevie Wonder
2000 Chuck Berry
2001 Quincy Jones
2002 James Earl Jones
2003 James Brown
2004 Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee (DSQ)
2005 Tina Turner
2006 William “Smokey” Robinson
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