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RUBY SUTTON AWARD
RUBY SUTTON AWARD. Originally called the NAACP First Humanitarian Award, the honor was given for positive civic engagement, equality for all, and the fight for racial justice and poverty. It was renamed the “Ruby Sutton Award” in honor of the first person to receive the award.
Other recipients of the honor have included:
989- Ruby SUTTON
1990- Gail WEITZ
1991- Jack Hanson
1992- Ernestine MOSS
1993- Sister Mary Lee Cox
1994- Suzann O'Connor
1995- Evelyn JACKSON
1996- Thomas DETERMAN
1997- Ruth Clark
1998- Jan Gleichner/ Gretel Winterwood
1999- Hazel O'NEAL
2000- Kathy Williams
2001- Raydora Drummer/Melvin Moss
2002- Ruth Ellen Cotter SCHARNAU
2003- Kate Zanger
2004- Cammie DEAN
2005- Kelly Larson
2006- Dr. Kris Hall
2007- S. Inez Turnmeyer
2008- Amy Ressler
2009- Janice CRADDIETH
2010- Dr. Dan Johnson
2011- Sister Corrine Murray
2012- Anthony Allen
2013- Dr. John Whalen
2014- Claudette BEES
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Source
Dubuque N.A,A.C.P. Online: http://dubuquenaacp.com/index.php/about-us/awards
