On October 17, 2002, The HistoryMakers honored their 2002 interviewees at The Salute To The HistoryMakers ceremony at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago, Illinois. The ceremony and dinner were held in conjunction with An Evening With Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee. The Salute occured prior to the event. Julieanna Richardson, founder of The HistoryMakers served as master of ceremonies. Darryl Dennard introduced the honorees.
Honored HistoryMakers:
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Dr. Billie Wright Adams |
Floyd Griffin |
Famoudou Don Moye |
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Renee Amoore |
Betty Gross |
Richard Pegue |
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Dr. Gloria Jackson Bacon |
Shelvin Hall |
Waverly Person |
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C. Vincent Bakeman |
Rose Hall |
Alonzo Pettie |
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Rev. Willie T. Barrow |
Charles Harrison |
Robert Pickens |
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Barbara Bates |
Ronne Hartfield |
R. Pincham |
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Bob Beamon |
Patricia Hill |
Enid Pinkney |
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Ruth Beckford |
William Hudgins |
john powell |
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Lerone Bennett |
Julie Hunter |
Janet Purnell |
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Barbara Bowles |
Bernice Hutcherson |
Carl Ray |
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Al Brothers |
Abner Jackson |
Willy T. Ribbs |
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Johnny Brown |
Anderson Jackson |
Delories Ricks-Wallace |
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Bernice Baynes Brown |
Hal Jackson |
Herman Roberts |
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Clark Burrus |
Don Jackson |
Renault Robinson |
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Arthur Burton |
Dorothy Jackson |
Cleo Parker Robinson |
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Jerry The Iceman Butler |
Ella Jenkins |
Gloria Rookard |
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Manford Byrd |
Okoro Harold Johnson |
Joseph Roulhac |
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Earl Calloway |
Jermicko Johnson |
Herman Russell |
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Jacob Carruthers |
Josie Johnson |
Howard Saffold |
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Robert Church |
Jennifer Jones |
Rev. Albert Richard Sampson |
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Dr. John Coleman |
Carlotta Walls LaNier |
Sylvester Small |
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Augustus Colson |
Precious Lashley |
Edward Smith |
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Lucky Cordell |
George Leighton |
Rev. Soles |
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Dolores Cross |
Matthew Little |
Pervis Spann |
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Augustine Davis |
Richard Long |
Bobbie Steele |
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Belva Davis |
Ruth Love |
Al Stiles |
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Carrie Davis |
Frank Lumpkin |
Hana Stith |
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Louis Dinwiddie |
Joe Marshall |
Dr. Louis Sullivan |
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Thomas W. Dortch |
Frances Matlock |
Jackie Taylor |
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John Douglas |
Charles McAfee |
Ernie Terrell |
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Ed Dwight |
Curtis McClinton |
Val Gray Ward |
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James Eaton |
Marion McElroy |
Dr. Heloise Westbrook |
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Rev. Leon D. Finney |
Iola McGowan |
Lloyd Wheeler |
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Thomas Fleming |
Terry McMillan |
Willye White |
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Ausbra Ford |
Minnie Minoso |
Conrad Worrill |
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Jewelle Gibbs |
Art Minson |
Rev. Wyatt |
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Truman Gibson |
James Montgomery |
Doris Young-McCulley |
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Jonathan Green |
Geraldine Moore |
Doris Zollar |
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Frank Greene |
Rose Morgan |














