2008 Honorees

Select a name or click on an image below to learn more about a 2008 honoree.

Top Row from left:  Ulysses B. Hammond, Vivian W. Pinn, M.D., Peter Lawson Jones, Rosalyn S. Hobson, Ph.D.

Center:  James McLurkin

Bottom Row from left:  Esther H. Vassar, Charlene J. Marshall, Nikki Giovanni, Israel L. Gaither

View a video of the 2008 honorees and writing contest winners. The video was filmed on Jan. 17, 2008 at the Strong Men & Women program in Richmond, Va.