​Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Annual Medallion Award

In celebration of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, we are looking for members of the community who embody his contribution to the civil rights of our community and the freedom to be great without limitations. We ask that you, the community, nominate those who exemplify the work of Dr. King for annual awards given in his honor.

The Medallion and Keeper of the Dream Awards celebrate members of the community who step up for others when walking away is the easier thing to do. These members of the community inspire others through their actions. Take a moment and think about who that is for you and nominate them for the 2023 Medallion and Keeper of the Dream Awards.

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Please submit your 2023 Medallion Award Nominationby 11:59PM on Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Nominees should meet the following criteria

• Be a resident of Charlotte-Mecklenburg

• Promote the ideals of racial equality and social justice as espoused by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. including, but not limited to:

  • Celebrating and promoting the worth of all human beings

  • Pursuing equal rights by non-violent means

  • Encouraging people of diverse cultures to live together in  a spirit  of love and acceptance

  • Active involvement in community service

  • Resisting injustice wherever it is found

  • Promoting inter-group relations and understanding​
    

• Can not be a current Community Relations Committee Member.

• Can not be a current Member of the Martin Luther King Jr. Planning Committee.

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Past winners

2022 - William (Butch) Simmons

2021 - Reverend Benjamin Boswell

2020 - Anna Hood and Sarah Coleman (posthumous)

2019 - Jacotran Potts

2018 - Greg Jackson

2017 - Dr. Peter M. Wherry

2016 - Reverend Rodney Sadler

2015 - Jermaine Nakia Lee

2014 - Deborah Walker, Ph.D.

2013 - Steve Crump

2012 - (National observance partnered with McCrory YMCA)

2011 - Susan Burgess (posthumous)

2010 - Dr. David Jacobs

2009 - Pastor Barbara Brewton (posthumous)

2008 - Julius Chambers, Stephanie Jennings (posthumous) and Valerie Woodard (posthumous)

2007 - David L. Taylor

2006 - Lenny Springs

2005 - Dr. Clifford Jones

2004 - Arthur Griffin, Dr. Wilhelmina Rembert, Carson Beckwith and General Cornell A. Wilson Jr.

2003 - Donald Baker (posthumous) and Dr. David Hunter

2002 - Joseph Powell and Dr. Vernon Herron

2001 - Larry B. Murray

2000 - Judge Shirley Fulton

1999 - Malcolm E. Everett III and James E. Ferguson II

1998 - Joe Martin

1997 - Diane English

1996 - Clara Williams

1995 - Jack L. Bullard

1994 - Robert L. Davis Jr.

1993 - Theresa D. Elder

1992 - Bishop George E. Battle Jr.

1991 - Ron Leeper

1990 - Dr. Leon Riddick

1989 - Dr. Loomis McGlohon

1988 - Harvey Gantt

1987 - Dr. Douglas W. Olderburg

1986 - Sarah Stevenson

1985 - Kelly Alexander Sr., Marion Cannon, Kitty Huffman, and Charles Jones

​2023 Atrium Health Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Observance & CMS Arts Writing Contest Award