King commemoration keynote speakers
Date: January 5, 2011
King commemoration keynote speakers
2010 - Lou Gossett Jr.
2009 - Lynn Whitfield and U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings
2008 - Levi Watkins Jr.
2007 - Maya Angelou
2006 - James Earl Jones
2005 - The Rev. Jesse Jackson
2004 - Cicely Tyson
2003 - Danny Glover and Harry Belafonte
2002 - Coretta Scott King
2001 - John Lewis and Dick Gregory
2000 - Taylor Branch
1999 - Julian Bond
1998 - Levi Watkins Jr. and Benjamin Carson
1997 - Kweisi Mfume
1996 - The Rev. Bernice King
1995 - Sweet Honey in the Rock
1994 - Yolanda King, Ossie Davie and Ruby Dee
1993 - Johnetta Coles and Maya Angelou
1992 - Mother Theresa (illness)
1991 - Nelson Mandela (accepted)
1990 - Stevie Wonder
1989 - Winnie Mandela (accepted)
1988 - Rosa Parks and Ralph Abernathy
1987 - Zenani Mandela and Benjamin Hooks
1986 - Bishop Desmond Tutu
1985 - Harry Belafonte
1984 - Andrew Young
1983 - Coretta Scott King
1982 - Martin Luther King III and Bernard Lee

