President's Humanitarian Award Honorees

2007 - Kirk Whalum

2008 - Ken Bennett

2009 - Henry and Jeanne Varnell

Henry Logan Starks Distinguished Service Award Honorees

1989 - Richard Leaks, Sr.

1990 - J. O. Patterson, Sr. (posthumously)

1991- Henry C. Bunton

1992 - Clara Brawner (posthumously)

1993 - A C Wharton, Jr.

1994 - Lucy Shaw

1995 - W. H. Graves

1996 - Charles A. Champion

1997 - W. W. Herenton

1998 - Kenneth Robinson

1999 - Lois DeBerry

2000 - Herman Morris, Jr.

2001 - TaJuan Stout Mitchell

2002 - George R. Johnson

2003 - Harold E. Ford, Jr.

2004 - Samuel Billy Kyles

                                                  - Benjamin L. Hooks (Heritage Award)

2005 - Deanie Parker

2006 - Ernest C. Withers

2007 - Vasco and Maxine Smith

2008 - Fred L. Davis

2009 - The 1968 Memphis Striking Sanitation Workers