Candace Award Winners

People with Candace Award

People

Name Title
Alexa Canady American neurosurgeon
Althea Gibson Tennis player professional golfer
Ann M. Fudge American businesswoman
Bernice Johnson Reagon American singer
Beverly Guy-Sheftall American academic
Brian Lanker American photographer
Camille Cosby Family Member
Cicely Tyson Actress
Condoleezza Rice American Republican politician; U.S. Secretary of State; political scientist
Constance Baker Motley American politician and judge
Coretta Scott King civil rights figure
Daisy Bates Actress
Debi Thomas Figure skater
Derrick Bell
Dorothy Height Civil Rights Leader
Elizabeth Catlett American artist
Ella Baker American activst
Ethel L. Payne American journalist
Etta Moten Barnett American singer actress activist
Euzhan Palcy Euzhan Palcy is a famous director producer poet singer and writer.
Faith Ringgold American artist
Frederick D. Patterson
Gay McDougall American human rights activist
Gloria Naylor American writer
Hal Jackson Radio Host
Hazel Johnson-Brown U.S. Army general
Helen Octavia Dickens African-American physician
Janet Collins American dancer
Jennie Patrick
Jewel Lafontant American lawyer and government official
Jewel Plummer Cobb American biologist
John H. Johnson American businessman
Johnnetta B. Cole
Joycelyn Elders American pediatrician public health administrator and former Surgeon General of the United States
Judith Jamison American dancer
Julie Dash American filmmaker
Katherine Dunham Dancer choreographer songwriter activist
Kathleen Battle American opera singer
Lerone Bennett, Jr.
Lois Mailou Jones Artist
Margaret Walker Poet writer
Marian Wright Edelman Children's rights activist
Maxine Waters American politician
Maya Angelou Poet dancer producer playwright director author
Nell Irvin Painter American historian
Patricia Walker-Shaw American businesswoman
Paula Giddings
Percy Sutton American politician
Queen Latifah American musician
Rachel Robinson American activist

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